be heart smart eat a Mediterranean diet

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studies have long shown that Italian and Greek people have lower heart rates and are more healthier, and the link seems to be the Mediterranean diet. It is just plain healthy. Now they are saying it combats rheumatoid arthritis and maybe even colon cancer though studies still have to be made on that. In 2007, Harvard researchers published a study suggesting that Mediterranean eating patterns might cut people’s chances of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in half. This is all fantastic, however how come we are told not to eat too much pasta etc, I do know Italians and greeks and other mediterranean counties also eat a lot of vegetables, fruits, and fish but I am just hung up on the pasta thing? do you eat a lot of Italian or greet food? what do you think about these results or studies?