Spanish Test: Mediterranean Diet Shines In Clinical Study Filed
by KOSU News in Science. February 25, 2013 Pour on the olive oil
in good conscience, and add some nuts while you’re at it. A
careful test of the so-called Mediterranean diet involving more
than 7,000 people at a high risk of having heart attacks and
strokes found the diet reduced them when compared with a low-fat
diet. A regular diet of Mediterranean cuisine also reduced the
risk of dying. The findings, published online by The New England
Journal of Medicine, come from a study conducted right in the
heart of Mediterranean country: Spain. A group of men and women,
ages 55 to 80 at the start of the study, were randomly assigned
to a low-fat diet or one of two variations of the Mediterranean
diet: one featuring a lot of extra-virgin olive oil (more than a
quarter cup a day) and the other including lots of nuts (more
than an ounce a day of walnuts, almonds and hazelnuts). The
Mediterranean diet is rich in fish, grains, nuts, fruits and
vegetables. Th