Healthy Eating to Help Your Heart
Portfolio Dietary Pattern and Cardiovascular Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Controlled Trials.
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Surprising Findings
The diet reduced heart disease risk as much as some medications—but with food.
Most people assume only pills can significantly lower cholesterol and heart risk. A dietary pattern achieving a 17% LDL drop rivals low-intensity statin therapy.
Practical Takeaways
Add one Portfolio component daily: a handful of nuts, a serving of soy, oats or beans, and a plant sterol-fortified spread.
Not medical advice. For informational purposes only. Always consult a healthcare professional. Terms
Surprising Findings
The diet reduced heart disease risk as much as some medications—but with food.
Most people assume only pills can significantly lower cholesterol and heart risk. A dietary pattern achieving a 17% LDL drop rivals low-intensity statin therapy.
Practical Takeaways
Add one Portfolio component daily: a handful of nuts, a serving of soy, oats or beans, and a plant sterol-fortified spread.
Publication
Journal
Progress in cardiovascular diseases
Year
2018
Authors
L. Chiavaroli, S. Nishi, T. Khan, C. Braunstein, Andrea J. Glenn, S. B. Mejia, D. Rahelić, H. Kahleová, J. Salas‐Salvadó, D. Jenkins, C. Kendall, J. Sievenpiper
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Claims (6)
Eating more plant sterols, soy, fiber-rich foods, and nuts can lower your 'bad' cholesterol by about 13% in six months — and sticking to the diet matters more than how much coaching you get.
Eating a special plant-based diet with nuts, fiber, and plant sterols can lower bad cholesterol by about 17% in people with high cholesterol — and it works better than just eating low-fat foods.
Eating in a way called the Portfolio diet can lower bad cholesterol and a harmful blood protein in people with high cholesterol, which may help protect their heart.
Following the Portfolio diet — which includes foods like nuts, soy, and fiber — can lower blood pressure in people with high cholesterol, even within a few weeks.
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.