MUTTON-HF: Can Reclaiming Indigenous Food Systems Reduce Heart Failure Readmissions?

Integrating Traditional Wisdom with Modern Cardiology: The MUTTON-HF Trial

The intersection of nutritional science and cardiovascular medicine has long recognized that diet is a cornerstone of heart failure (HF) management. However, standard dietary recommendations often fail to account for the social determinants of health, particularly nutrition insecurity, which disproportionately affects Indigenous communities in the United States. The MUTTON-HF (Medically Utilized Tailored Traditional Foods to Optimize Nutrition in Heart Failure) trial represents a paradigm shift in how clinicians approach HF care in these populations by leveraging the ‘Food is Medicine’ framework within a culturally grounded context.

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