Cardioprotective Diet: A Possibility of Diet Therapy Treatment

Abstract

The Brazilian Cardioprotective Diet is a diet for patients with heart disease, but it provides health benefits when used as an adjuvant in the prevention and treatment of diseases that have food as one of the factors for their development. It was developed by Hcor in partnership with the Ministry of Health in 2018. It classifies and recommends the consumption of foods by groups: green, yellow, and blue, using the Food Guide for the Brazilian Population as a referência. The objective of this study was, through a literature review, to find scientific data on the cardioprotective diet. This diet indicates the inclusion or exclusion of food from the values of food density (kcal, saturated fat, cholesterol, and sodium).Studies have pointed out that the excessive intake of ultra-processed foods is associated with practicality of eating, afforda prices, and easy availability of products, and therefore these foods have become cheaper compared to fresh, minimally processed foods, and the ultra-processed foods are the main responsible for the increase in non-transmissible chronic diseases. The cardioprotective diet shows the significant effect on the modulation of inflammatory response, through the intake of several nutrients and bioactive compounds from food, which act by activating the signaling pathways involved in the synthesis of inflammatory biomarkers. Therefore, although there are few published studies on cardioprotective food and being it effective in the secondary treatment of chronic noncommunicable diseases, it is necessary to conduct research among nutritionists to know the difficulties of assistance within the Public Health System.