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Mediterranean Diet for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease (PREDIMED)

New England Journal of Medicine, 2018 · Randomized controlled trial (republished 2018)

A Mediterranean diet supplemented with extra virgin olive oil or nuts cut major cardiovascular events by about 30% compared with a control group advised to reduce dietary fat. The original 2013 report was withdrawn over randomisation problems; this 2018 reanalysis reached the same conclusion.

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