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Research has recently published a new randomized clinical trial study in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition which looks at how adding cardioprotective foods like pecan nuts and extra-virgin olive oil affects glycemic profile and diet quality in patients with coronary artery disease.
 
The clinical trial lasted 12 weeks, 204 participants were divided into three groups. The first group was given a healthy diet, the second group, a healthy diet plus 30 grams per day of pecan nuts, and lastly the third group, a healthy diet pls 30 mL per day of extra-virgin olive oil. The researchers assessed the triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index, among other glycemic profile markers. Moreover, the diet quality was analyzed according to the Alternate Health Eating Index (mAHEI). Results showed that there were no differences in both the glycemic and anthropometric profiles between any of the three groups, however, it was noted that the pecan nut group significantly improved the quality of the diet compared to the other two groups.
 
In conclusion, while the results suggest that there was no difference regarding the glycemic and anthropometric parameters according to the three groups in patients with coronary artery disease, the results do show that adding pecan nuts to a healthy diet may improve its quality.
 
Dos Santos, J. L., Portal, V. L., Markoski, M. M., de Quadros, A. S., Bersch-Ferreira, Â., & Marcadenti, A. (2021). Effect of pecan nuts and extra-virgin olive oil on glycemic profile and nontraditional anthropometric indexes in patients with coronary artery disease: a randomized clinical trial. European journal of clinical nutrition, 1-8.

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