Many of us know that a healthy diet includes lots of high-fibre foods such as vegetables, fruit, whole grains and legumes, as well as healthy, non-saturated fats. It is a big, expensive study, especially delivering groceries to 200 of the 300 participants for 12 weeks. The control group gets the usual care, which includes advice on heart healthy eating — foods high in healthy fats and foods high in fibre — as well as medical care and medicine. One group receives a bag of food high in healthy fats, such as nuts, seeds, olive oil, avocado, peanut butter, spread, eggs, canned tuna and salmon. If both did, the high-fibre foods at half the cost of the healthy fat groceries would be preferred.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 21, 2021 14:33 UTC