Eating the Portfolio diet — which includes things like nuts, soy, and fiber — can lower a marker of body-wide inflammation in people with high cholesterol, based on studies lasting up to half a year.

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

Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis

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2018 May-Jun

The study tested the same healthy eating plan mentioned in the claim and found it lowers a marker of inflammation in the blood, 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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