PREDIMED Republished: The Strongest Evidence Yet
In June 2018, the landmark PREDIMED trial was republished after a correction to its methods — and the headline held: a Mediterranean diet rich in olive oil cut major heart events by about 30%.
What was studied
The New England Journal of Medicine republished PREDIMED on 13 June 2018, a randomised trial of 7,447 people at high cardiovascular risk. After concerns about how some participants were randomised, the analysis was redone — and the result stood: a Mediterranean diet with extra virgin olive oil (or nuts) reduced major cardiovascular events by roughly 30% versus a low-fat diet.
This is the high end of the evidence ladder — a large, randomised, human trial, not a mouse or a dish — which is exactly why it matters more than a dozen flashy lab findings. The honest reading: it’s the whole dietary pattern that helps, with olive oil as its keystone fat. The oil isn’t a pill; it’s the foundation of a way of eating. See when science caught up.
Source, June 2018: New England Journal of Medicine, PREDIMED (republished).