Study: Mediterranean Diet Can Help Prevent Heart  Disease

One researcher suggests anyone wanting to eat  healthier start by making small changes like not eating meat one or two days a  week!

Eating a Mediterranean-style diet that's high in olive oil, nuts, fish  and fresh veggies can help prevent heart disease.  A new study done in  Spain confirms past research that suggested people who eat this type of diet  have healthier hearts.

People who followed the Mediterranean diet for five years were about  30 percent less likely to develop heart disease than those who ate a low-fat  diet.  One researcher suggests anyone wanting to eat healthier start by  making small changes like not eating meat one or two days a week and cooking  with olive oil.  The study was published in the "New England Journal of  Medicine."

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