“…8,11 The Korean traditional diet (KTD) is generally characterized by a variety of fermented soybean products and vegetablebased foods, which are rich in bioactive compounds that promote cardiovascular health and glycemic control. 12 The management of diabetes mellitus, 10,13,14 cardiovascular events, 10,12,13,[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25] hypertension, 17 19,20 has been shown to be improved by adherence to healthy diets. In previous retrospective studies, the Korean diet eating pattern was associated with a lower risk of T2D, 5 hypertension, 17 obesity, 19,20,25 and MS. 12,20,22,24,25 However, these studies were carried out by observational epidemiological study design.…”