JOPLIN, MO.--- A study in the New England Journal of Medicine shows the Mediterranean Diet helps lower the risk of heart disease. The diet features olive oil, nuts, beans, fish, fruits and vegetables. It even includes drinking a small portion of wine with your meals.
Freeman Cardiologist John Cox says the eating plan avoids processed and packaged foods, which is healthier for your heart and arteries. "The way the plaque behaves inside the artery, it's felt that it stabilizes the plaque, makes the plaque less vulnerable to rupture, thus reduces the instance of things like stroke and heart attack."
He adds the Mediterranean Diet also helps reduce the onset of Alzheimer's disease and type 2 diabetes.
Freeman Cardiologist John Cox says the eating plan avoids processed and packaged foods, which is healthier for your heart and arteries. "The way the plaque behaves inside the artery, it's felt that it stabilizes the plaque, makes the plaque less vulnerable to rupture, thus reduces the instance of things like stroke and heart attack."
He adds the Mediterranean Diet also helps reduce the onset of Alzheimer's disease and type 2 diabetes.
