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Reduce Stroke Risk By 60% With Mediterranean Diet

Saturday, February 15, 2014 11:18
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Stroke Risk Reduced by 60 Percent with Mediterranean Diet compared to American Heart Association Diet
In a study published in a Stroke research journal, a profound finding was announced in that those following a Mediterranean Diet had a significantly 60% less risk of Stroke when compared to compared to the American Heart Association diet.

Here is one of the exerts from the study:

The “Mediterranean diet, which is high in beneficial oils, whole grains, fruits, and vegetables and low in cholesterol and animal fat, has been shown to reduce stroke and myocardial infarction by 60% in 4 years compared with the American Heart Association diet.

They concluded by saying: “A Cretan Mediterranean diet is probably more effective because it provides a wide range of antioxidants from fruits and vegetables of all colors.”

Cretan is referring to the island in Greece called Crete in which in the first major studies on the benefits of the Mediterranean Diet were made famous.

For more on this study: Stroke Prevention with the Mediterranean Diet

For more Research Studies on the Mediterranean Diet : Mediterranean Diet Research

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