“Traditional” and “Healthy” Dietary Patterns Are Associated with Low Cardiometabolic Risk in Brazilian Subjects

Table 2

Food groups based on dietary patterns of individuals with cardiometabolic risk according to chemical and botanical composition similarities, Brazil, 2017.

Food/group	Foods found within the food record
1. Rice and tubers	White rice, baked or nonfried potatoes (all species of potatoes including Arracacia xanthorrhiza and sweet potato), yams, cassava, corn.
2. Beans	Beans (brown bean, red bean, black bean, or white bean), lentil, chickpeas.
3. Vegetable oils	Soy oil, olive oil (virgin or extra-virgin).
4. Leafy vegetable	Watercress, lettuce, green onion, cabbage, spinach, mint, basil, mustard, arugula, parsley.
5. Nonleafy vegetables	Pumpkin, zucchini, leek, eggplant, beet, broccoli, onion, carrot, chayote, cauliflower, eggplant, peppers (green, red, or yellow), palm heart, cucumber, okra, radish, cabbage, tomato, green beans.
6. Whole grain and nuts	Brown rice, oats, flaxseed, sesame seed, quinoa, almonds, peanuts, pistachios, cashews, and other nuts.
7. Fruits and natural juice	Fruits: avocado, pineapple, Barbados cherry, plum, prune, banana, khaki, coconut, guava, kiwi, lemon, orange, apple, papaya, mango, passion fruit, watermelon, strawberry, nectarine, pear, peach, tangerine, grape. Juices: Barbados cherry fruit, pineapple, guava, passion fruit, and grape plus coconut water.
8. Chicken salad sandwich	Sandwich (bread, salad, and a protein food source that is usually chicken)
9. Milk	Fluid or powdered milk (includes whole milk, half-creamed, or skimmed milk).
10. Dairy	Cheese: fresh cheese, half-cured fresh cheese, mozzarela, parmesan, provolone, curd, creamy cheese, ricotta and cottage. Beverages: fermented beverage, nonflavoured yogurt (whole or skimmed), fruit yogurt (whole or skimmed), dairy beverage (whole or skimmed), and chocolate milk^∗.
11. Meat, fish, and eggs (cooked, baked, or grilled)	Grilled, roasted or cooked chicken, beef, or pork (all cuts), canned, cooked, grilled, or baked fish, tofu, and boiled or scrambled eggs.
12. Meat, offal, and eggs (fried)	Fried meat: beef, chicken, pork, fish. Offals (heart, gizzard, liver) of all species, regardless cooking technique, and fried eggs.
13. Processed meat	Bacon, hamburger steak, breaded, sausage.
14. Margarine/butter, sauces, mayonnaise	Margarine, butter, cream, pork lard, salad dressing, mayonnaise, processed tomato sauce.
15. Sweets and sugar	Candy, cappuccino, sugar added cocoa powder, chocolate bar (milk or dark), milk fudge, gelatin, jelly, ice cream, condensed milk, honey, peanut butter, popsicle, pudding.
16. Cookies, cakes, and breads	Cornstarch, cereal, cereal flour (Nestlé ™), cassava flour/starch, cornmeal, flour/wheat bran, noodles, cookies, cereal bar, biscuits (milk, cornstarch, flour, Sandwich cookie, waffer, or cream cracker), donuts, toasts, muffins, breads (white bread, loaf, hot dog bread, roll bread), bagel, Brazilian cheese bread, cakes and scones, granola (a mix made of whole grains, nuts, and dried fruit).
17. Fast Food e pastry	Fried or baked pastry (kibbeh, “Coxinha” (chopped fried chicken with dough), pie, sfiha, other salty snacks), pizza, hamburger
18. Soft beverages and artificial juices	Soft drinks, diet soft drinks, powdered juice, boxed juice, canned juice.
19. Alcoholic beverages	Beer, wine, “cachaça” (sugarcane hard liquor), vodka, rum.
20. Coffee and tea	Regular coffee, tea (mate or herbal).

Consumed by only three participants. Curd made from coagulated and pressed soy milk, consumed by only one participant.