Editing Coronary artery disease (section)

===Diet===
{{Main|Diet and heart disease}}
A diet high in fruits and vegetables decreases the risk of cardiovascular disease and death.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Wang X, Ouyang Y, Liu J, Zhu M, Zhao G, Bao W, Hu FB | title = Fruit and vegetable consumption and mortality from all causes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer: systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies | journal = BMJ | volume = 349 | pages = g4490 | date = July 2014 | pmid = 25073782 | pmc = 4115152 | doi = 10.1136/bmj.g4490 }}</ref> [[Vegetarianism|Vegetarians]] have a lower risk of heart disease,<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Li D | title = Effect of the vegetarian diet on non-communicable diseases | journal = Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture | volume = 94 | issue = 2 | pages = 169–73 | date = January 2014 | pmid = 23965907 | doi = 10.1002/jsfa.6362 | bibcode = 2014JSFA...94..169L }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Huang T, Yang B, Zheng J, Li G, Wahlqvist ML, Li D | title = Cardiovascular disease mortality and cancer incidence in vegetarians: a meta-analysis and systematic review | journal = Annals of Nutrition & Metabolism | volume = 60 | issue = 4 | pages = 233–40 | date = 2012 | pmid = 22677895 | doi = 10.1159/000337301 | doi-access = free }}</ref> possibly due to their greater consumption of fruits and vegetables.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Ginter E | title = Vegetarian diets, chronic diseases and longevity | journal = Bratislavske Lekarske Listy | volume = 109 | issue = 10 | pages = 463–66 | date = 2008 | pmid = 19166134 }}</ref> Evidence also suggests that the [[Mediterranean diet]]<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Walker C, Reamy BV | title = Diets for cardiovascular disease prevention: what is the evidence? | journal = American Family Physician | volume = 79 | issue = 7 | pages = 571–78 | date = April 2009 | pmid = 19378874 }}<!--|access-date=26 October 2015--></ref> and a [[high fiber diet]] lower the risk.<ref name="pmid24355537">{{cite journal | vauthors = Threapleton DE, Greenwood DC, Evans CE, Cleghorn CL, Nykjaer C, Woodhead C, Cade JE, Gale CP, Burley VJ | display-authors = 6 | title = Dietary fibre intake and risk of cardiovascular disease: systematic review and meta-analysis | journal = BMJ | volume = 347 | pages = f6879 | date = December 2013 | pmid = 24355537 | pmc = 3898422 | doi = 10.1136/bmj.f6879 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Reynolds A, Mann J, Cummings J, Winter N, Mete E, Te Morenga L | title = Carbohydrate quality and human health: a series of systematic reviews and meta-analyses | journal = Lancet | volume = 393 | issue = 10170 | pages = 434–45 | date = February 2019 | pmid = 30638909 | doi = 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31809-9 | s2cid = 58632705 | doi-access = free }}</ref>

The consumption of [[trans fat]] (commonly found in [[Hydrogenation|hydrogenated]] products such as [[margarine]]) has been shown to cause a precursor to [[atherosclerosis]]<ref name="Lopez-Garcia-2005">{{cite journal | vauthors = Lopez-Garcia E, Schulze MB, Meigs JB, Manson JE, Rifai N, Stampfer MJ, Willett WC, Hu FB | display-authors = 6 | title = Consumption of trans fatty acids is related to plasma biomarkers of inflammation and endothelial dysfunction | journal = The Journal of Nutrition | volume = 135 | issue = 3 | pages = 562–66 | date = March 2005 | pmid = 15735094 | doi = 10.1093/jn/135.3.562 | doi-access = free }}<!--|access-date=26 October 2015--></ref> and increase the risk of coronary artery disease.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Mozaffarian D, Katan MB, Ascherio A, Stampfer MJ, Willett WC | title = Trans fatty acids and cardiovascular disease | journal = The New England Journal of Medicine | volume = 354 | issue = 15 | pages = 1601–13 | date = April 2006 | pmid = 16611951 | doi = 10.1056/NEJMra054035 }}<!--|access-date=26 October 2015--></ref>

Evidence does not support a beneficial role for [[omega-3 fatty acid]] supplementation in preventing [[cardiovascular disease]] (including [[myocardial infarction]] and [[sudden cardiac death]]).<ref name="JAMA2012">{{cite journal | vauthors = Rizos EC, Ntzani EE, Bika E, Kostapanos MS, Elisaf MS | title = Association between omega-3 fatty acid supplementation and risk of major cardiovascular disease events: a systematic review and meta-analysis | journal = JAMA | volume = 308 | issue = 10 | pages = 1024–33 | date = September 2012 | pmid = 22968891 | doi = 10.1001/2012.jama.11374 }}<!--|access-date=26 October 2015--></ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Kwak SM, Myung SK, Lee YJ, Seo HG | title = Efficacy of omega-3 fatty acid supplements (eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid) in the secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease: a meta-analysis of randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials | journal = Archives of Internal Medicine | volume = 172 | issue = 9 | pages = 686–94 | date = May 2012 | pmid = 22493407 | doi = 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.262 | doi-access = free }}<!--|access-date=26 October 2015--></ref>