Key result
Plant-forward Mediterranean diet provides a well-tested pattern to reduce cardiovascular disease.
Why the study?
Major gaps exist in dietary pattern research and ways to change diets and food systems to reduce cardiovascular disease, especially in low- and middle-income countries.
A consensus review highlights that while major gaps exist in dietary pattern research globally, the traditional Mediterranean-type diet remains a well-tested pattern to reduce cardiovascular disease.
Major scholars in the field, on the basis of a 3-day consensus, created an in-depth review of current knowledge on the role of diet in cardiovascular disease (CVD), the changing global food system and global dietary patterns, and potential policy solutions. Evidence from different countries and age/race/ethnicity/socioeconomic groups suggesting the health effects studies of foods, macronutrients, and dietary patterns on CVD appear to be far more consistent though regional knowledge gaps is highlighted. Large gaps in knowledge about the association of macronutrients to CVD in low- and middle-income countries particularly linked with dietary patterns are reviewed. Our understanding of foods and macronutrients in relationship to CVD is broadly clear; however, major gaps exist both in dietary pattern research and ways to change diets and food systems. On the basis of the current evidence, the traditional Mediterranean-type diet, including plant foods and emphasis on plant protein sources provides a well-tested healthy dietary pattern to reduce CVD.
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Anand et al. (2015) conducted a review in Cardiovascular disease (CVD). Dietary patterns and food consumption was evaluated. A traditional Mediterranean-type diet emphasizing plant foods and plant protein sources provides a well-tested healthy dietary pattern to reduce cardiovascular disease.
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