Eating the Portfolio diet — which includes things like nuts, fiber, and plant sterols — can lower your risk of heart disease over the next 10 years, especially if you have high cholesterol.

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Portfolio Dietary Pattern and Cardiovascular Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Controlled Trials.

Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis

Human

2018 May-Jun

The study tested the same heart-healthy diet mentioned in the claim and found it really does lower the risk of heart disease over 10 years, just like the claim says.

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Portfolio Dietary Pattern and Cardiovascular Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Controlled Trials.

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DOI: 10.1016/j.pcad.2018.05.004

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