TABLE 4.
A summary of dietary pattern recommendations from 78 included clinical practice guidelines1
| Recommended dietary patterns | Guidelines (n) | % |
|---|---|---|
| American College of Cardiology or AHA | 5 | 6 |
| Alternative Healthy Eating Index | 1 | 1 |
| DASH | 20 | 26 |
| European Association for the Study of Diabetes Guidelines | 1 | 1 |
| Fasting | 1 | 1 |
| Gluten-free | 5 | 6 |
| Healthy diet2 | 19 | 24 |
| Heart-healthy or cardioprotective | 3 | 4 |
| High-carbohydrate | 1 | 1 |
| High-fiber | 9 | 12 |
| High-potassium | 1 | 1 |
| High-protein | 3 | 4 |
| Japan diet | 1 | 1 |
| Low-FODMAP | 6 | 8 |
| Low-GI or GL | 5 | 6 |
| Low-CHO or CHO monitoring | 5 | 6 |
| Low-cholesterol | 3 | 4 |
| Low-fat or lipid monitoring | 11 | 14 |
| Low-saturated fat | 4 | 5 |
| Low-sodium | 10 | 13 |
| Lyon | 1 | 1 |
| Mediterranean | 26 | 33 |
| No named dietary patterns | 7 | 9 |
| Nordic | 2 | 3 |
| Ornish | 1 | 1 |
| Plant-based | 9 | 12 |
| Portfolio | 3 | 4 |
| Reduced-calorie | 7 | 9 |
| Therapeutic lifestyle changes diet | 2 | 3 |
| USDA or Dietary Guidelines for Americans food pattern | 3 | 4 |
| Vegan | 3 | 4 |
| Vegetarian | 8 | 10 |
| Volumetric | 1 | 1 |
| Zone | 1 | 1 |
FODMAP, fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides, and polyols.
1
Forty-one guidelines recommended multiple dietary patterns, so the percentage column total is >100%.
2
The healthy diet category was assigned only to guidelines recommending a healthy diet by name (for example, healthy diet, balanced diet, healthful eating plan, and healthy eating pattern). Guidelines describing only the contents of what might be interpreted as a healthy diet were categorized according to any specified dietary pattern or as “no named dietary pattern.”