Franco OH, Bonneux L, de Laet C, Peeters A, Steyerberg EW, Mackenbach JP. The Polymeal: a more natural, safer, and probably tastier (than the Polypill) strategy to reduce cardiovascular disease by more than 75%. BMJ. 2004 Dec 18;329(7480):1447-50

 

 

"Methods:  Data on the ingredients of the Polymeal were taken from the literature. The evidence based recipe included wine, fish, dark chocolate, fruits, vegetables, garlic, and almonds. Data from the Framingham heart study and the Framingham offspring study were used to build life tables to model the benefits of the Polymeal in the general population from age 50, assuming multiplicative correlations.

Results:  Combining the ingredients of the Polymeal would reduce cardiovascular disease events by 76%. For men, taking the Polymeal daily represented an increase in total life expectancy of 6.6 years, an increase in life expectancy free from cardiovascular disease of 9.0 years, and a decrease in life expectancy with cardiovascular disease of 2.4 years. The corresponding differences for women were 4.8, 8.1, and 3.3 years.

Conclusion:  The Polymeal promises to be an effective, non-pharmacological, safe, cheap, and tasty alternative to reduce cardiovascular morbidity and increase life expectancy in the general population."

 

Your diet should be an optimized health-promoting diet

 

In the next few weeks, this page will serve as the hub for a wealth of nutrition information.  Keep in mind that the basics of nutrition are actually quite simple, for a review of these concepts, please see this review article by Dr Vasquez while we complete preparation of this page with additional information.

• Vasquez A. A Five-Part Nutritional Protocol that Produces Consistently Positive Results. Nutritional Wellness 2005 September (Please note this article has been updated and re-printed within our "guidebook" for a health-promoting nutrition plan.)

• Vasquez A. Reducing Pain and Inflammation Naturally - Part 1: New Insights into Fatty Acid Biochemistry and the Influence of Diet. Nutritional Perspectives 2004; October: 5, 7-10, 12, 14

• Vasquez A. Reducing Pain and Inflammation Naturally - Part 2: New Insights into Fatty Acid Supplementation and Its Effect on Eicosanoid Production and Genetic Expression. Nutritional Perspectives 2005; January: 5-16  

• Vasquez A. Reducing Pain and Inflammation Naturally - Part 3: Improving overall health while safely and effectively treating musculoskeletal pain. Nutritional Perspectives 2005; 28: 34-38, 40-42 

• Franco OH, Bonneux L, de Laet C, Peeters A, Steyerberg EW, Mackenbach JP. The Polymeal: a more natural, safer, and probably tastier (than the Polypill) strategy to reduce cardiovascular disease by more than 75%. BMJ. 2004 Dec 18;329(7480):1447-50

This is an example of a very health-promoting lunch that consists of 1) fish, 2) cottage cheese, and 3) a mixed vegetable salad.  It is "very low-carb" and wholly consistent with the "Supplemented Paleo-Mediterranean Diet" as first described by Dr Vasquez; it is also consistent with the AntiCancerDiet (coming soon).

 

This quickie dinner consists of 1) pan-cooked fish, 2) baked acorn squash, and 3) cabbage-almond-sesame salad.