Mediterranean Diet Good for Your Heart

The Mediterranean diet is delicious and good for your heart! The researchers wanted to look at what kind of foods that we should be eating a lot of. Hint: it’s not hot dogs.

The review, which appears in Monday’s Archives of Internal Medicine, analyzed nearly 200 studies involving millions of people published between 1950 and June 2007.

The Mediterranean diet involves high consumption of:

Vegetables.
Legumes.
Fruits.
Nuts that are not roasted or salted.
Cheese or yogurt.
Whole grains.
Fish.
Monounsaturated fats such as olive oil and avocados.
The research also confirmed that trans-fatty acids are associated with an increased risk of heart disease.

Starchy carbs such as white bread, white rice and white potatoes that are high on the glycemic index were also linked to an increased risk of heart disease.

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  1. Just don’t order a steak in southern France. It’s still bloody when you get it. In fact, I think the cow is still mooing when you try to poke a fork and knife into it.

    Historically, the southern French used olive oil when cooking whereas the northern French used butter.

    Also, watch the portion sizes. French servings tend to be smaller than North American servings.

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