Editing Polymeal (section)

{{Short description|Diet-based approach combatting heart disease}}
{{confused|Polymail}}

The '''Polymeal''' is a diet-based approach to combatting [[cardiovascular disease|heart disease]], proposed in December 2004 by Oscar Franco, a Colombian public health scientist at the University Medical Centre in [[Rotterdam]], [[Netherlands]]. Franco and his colleagues suggest the "Polymeal" as a natural alternative to the "Polypill", a multi-drug-based strategy for reducing heart disease.  The researchers used the same technique in the polypill paper: a statistical "[[meta-analysis]]" which combined the results of many previous studies. The paper, appearing in the [[BMJ]]'s traditionally light-hearted Christmas issue, may be regarded as somewhat satirical, as noted in responses in the journal.