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¸ No significant associ- beans, fish and other
ations were noted in healthy foods and plant-
relation to stroke risk based fats such as olive,
and how much avoca- canola, sesame and other
do was eaten. non-tropical oils.

The study’s results provide “These findings are signif-
additional guidance for icant because a healthy
health care professionals dietary pattern is the
to share. Offering the sug- cornerstone for cardio-
gestion to “replace certain vascular health, however,
spreads and saturated it can be difficult for many
fat-containing foods, such Americans to achieve and
as cheese and processed adhere to healthy eating
meats, with avocado is patterns,” said Cheryl
something physicians and Anderson, Ph.D., M.P.H., School of Public Health and in restaurants.” health care professionals,
other health care practi- FAHA, chair of the Amer- and Human Longevity so these results may not
tioners such as registered ican Heart Association’s Science at University of The study is observational, apply to other groups.
dietitians can do when Council on Epidemiology California San Diego. “Al- so a direct cause and ef-
they meet with patients, and Prevention. though no one food is the fect cannot be proved. Two Reference: “Avocado
especially since avocado solution to routinely eating other limitations of the re- Consumption and Risk of
is a well-accepted food,” “We desperately need a healthy diet, this study search involve data collec- Cardiovascular Disease in
Pacheco said. strategies to improve in- is evidence that avoca- tion and the composition US Adults” by Lorena S.
take of AHA-recommend- dos have possible health of the study population. Pacheco, Yanping Li, Eric
The study aligns with the ed healthy diets — such as benefits. This is promising The study analyses may be B. Rimm, JoAnn E. Manson,
American Heart Associ- the Mediterranean diet — because it is a food item affected by measurement Qi Sun, Kathryn Rexrode,
ation’s guidance to follow that are rich in vegetables that is popular, accessi- errors because dietary Frank B. Hu and Marta
the Mediterranean diet – a and fruits,” said Anderson, ble, desirable and easy to consumption was self-re- Guasch Ferré30 March
dietary pattern focused on who is professor and dean include in meals eaten by ported. Participants were 2022, Journal of the Ameri-
fruits, vegetables, grains, of the Herbert Wertheim many Americans at home mostly white nurses and can Heart Association.

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