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(CBS) If you want to stay healthy, eat like a Greek. That's the message from new research linking the so-called Mediterranean diet to all sorts of health benefits, including a lower risk for obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. PICTURES: 10 Reasons Greeks outlive Americans Thelarg...
Eating a Mediterranean diet rich in olive oil and nuts lowered the rate of major cardiovascular events among people at increased risk for heart disease, a new study found.
Researchers found the diet was associated with a 24% lower risk of heart disease in women and a 23% lower risk of total mortality.
Cardiovascular diseasePREDIMED studyThe aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of the Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) on the incidence of heart failure (HF), a pre-specified secondary outcome in the PREDIMED (PREvenci贸n con DIeta MEDiterr谩nea) primary nutrition-intervention prevention trial. ...
The Mediterranean diet has been a hit with doctors and dieters for years. Studies show that it’s one of the healthier diets around, especially for people with chronic health problems or those at risk for heart disease. But what about groups that don’t usually think about dieting an...
The Mediterranean Diet plays a significant role in this phenomenon. Numerous scientific studies have consistently shown that Europeans who adhere to the Mediterranean Diet have lower rates of obesity, heart disease, and other chronic illnesses compared to their American counterparts. ...
The researchers also found that sticking to a Mediterranean diet was more protective against heart disease than physical activity. "Our study shows that the Mediterranean diet is a beneficial intervention for all types of people -- in both genders, in all age groups, and in both healthy people...
Women who most closely followed the Mediterranean diet had a 24% lower risk of heart disease and a 23% lower risk of early death than women who barely followed the diet, the study found. There was also a decline in deaths from stroke, but it was not statistically significant, according to...