Princess Health and Does the Mediterranean Diet Reduce Cardiovascular Risk?. Princessiccia

Sunday, 3 March 2013

Princess Health and Does the Mediterranean Diet Reduce Cardiovascular Risk?. Princessiccia

By now, most of you have probably heard about the recent study on the "Mediterranean diet" (1), a diet that was designed by diet-heart researchers and is based loosely on the traditional diet of Crete and certain other Mediterranean regions. The popular press has been enthusiastically reporting this trial as long-awaited proof that the Mediterranean diet reduces the risk of cardiovascular events-- by a full 30 percent over a 4.8-year period. I wish I could share their enthusiasm for the study.

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