Mediterranean Diet Cuts Death From Chronic Diseases

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This is the type of diet that I would just love! I'm not a big meat eater to start with, and really enjoy all kinds of Mediterranean foods. Fish is one of my favorites and if my hubby wasn't a "meat and potatoes kinda guy" I would eat fish, veges, and fruits for every meal! I was reading this on healthier.com and was very impressed with the size of the study about this diet. It was over a million people. Heres a clip from the article "FRIDAY, Sept. 12 (HealthDay News) -- People who eat a strict Mediterranean diet are at less risk of developing heart disease, cancer, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease, Italian researchers report. A so-called Mediterranean diet is rich in olive oil, grains, fruits, nuts, vegetables and fish, and includes a moderate amount of red wine but is low in meat, dairy products and other alcohol."This study helps us to support all the recommendations and the nutritional guidelines on the benefit of Mediterranean diet on mortality from all the causes, as well as on the incidence of cardiovascular, neoplastic and degenerative diseases," said lead researcher Dr. Francesco Sofi, from the Department of Medical and Surgical Critical Area at the Thrombosis Centre at the University of Florence."By improving the food quality of the population, we would likely reduce the incidence of these diseases by nearly 10 percent," Sofi added. The report was published in the Sept. 11 online edition of the British Medical Journal." You can read the article here - [b]http://www.healthier.com/Article.jsp?aid=9203 Are you a big meat eater? Is a Mediterranean diet appealing to you?[/b]