One of the main causes of death in the modern world is cardiovascular disease. Its link to an unhealthy way of life, particularly an unhealthy way of eating, is widely documented. In reality, according to scientific estimates, poor nutrition habits cause roughly one in five adult deaths and one in seven years with a disability-adjusted life expectancy (DALYs).
For people who are at high risk for cardiovascular disease, a variety of diets and other therapies are available to lower the risk of cardiovascular events, including death. On how to pick the most effective dietary intervention among them, there isn’t much information, though.
A recent study examined the mortality and significant cardiovascular events over a 10-year period using a cross-analysis of a range of dietary programs, from those requiring little intervention to intricate, complex ones.
In the past, nutritional program comparisons have relied on proxy outcomes or have used unreliable data from non-randomized research. The latest study, which was published in The British Medical Journal, employed network meta-analyses to compare various therapies using both direct and indirect evidence in a head-to-head fashion.
Although the latter compares active vs. non-active control groups, the former compares two or more active interventions. As a result, the scientists were able to compare directly the outcomes of therapies for which there were no direct comparisons in the literature. All relevant randomized controlled trials including organized dietary treatments with the goal of lowering mortality and significant cardiovascular outcomes were evaluated and assessed.
Almost 35,000 people participated in the study’s 40 trials, which covered seven different kinds of food programs. These were low-fat products.
