28/08/2026
FOOD and NUTRITION | New proposal from ESC
🔵There are new proposals for reformulating the approach and communication of nutrition, but...
🔴However, the flaws and omissions of fundamental principles are evident, such as the irreparable omission of the reference to oleic acid - Olive Oil - which makes all the difference in the approach to Cardiovascular Diseases.
ALL-IN-ONE HEALTH 4ALL
🟢Talking about nutrition requires essential basic scientific knowledge in this discipline that makes all the difference in the approach to Food and Dietetics.
FOOTNOTE
Current research is being conducted from the top down and is stuck in a rut due to a lack of consistent knowledge and processes that remain distant from, and even alien to, the medical community.
Hamster wheel…
❗️Contemporary research on ASCVD has predominantly focused on mitigation:
☑️reducing LDL,
☑️controlling residual inflammation, and preventing secondary events.
🟢This approach is necessary and has saved lives, but it operates downstream of the process. ‼️The perspective it formulated—anticipation and containment—requires returning to the initial determinants: intima selectivity, retention of atherogenic particles, and the genetic and immunological programming of the vascular response.
Fatty acids, far from being a secondary topic, constitute one of the fundamental axes of this regression to the base. Their correct prioritization (which to promote, which to restrict, in what genetic and immunological context) is a prerequisite for any serious attempt to restructure the susceptibility of the arterial wall to atherosclerosis.
The line of reasoning remains coherent and focused on the objective of primary containment of the process, and not just of its consequences.
🍀The aim is to provide the means to end Atherosclerosis.
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto CM-B.ClinicalService - CLÍNICA MÉDICA DOUTOR MEIRELES-BRANDÃO Sociedade Portuguesa de Hipertensão SPMI - Sociedade Portuguesa de Medicina Interna Sociedade Portuguesa de Aterosclerose Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia European Society of Cardiology Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências da Nutrição e Alimentação da Universidade do Porto STARMÉDICA.Clínica