Note from Connie: The evidence keeps pouring in that a diet rich in veggies and fruits and light on animal products is more healthy for you. Jennifer Moore reports.
A new study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition from Australian researchers finds that people eating plenty of fruits, vegetables, and fish, but minimal animal products, are 30% less likely to die of heart disease than people who don’t follow the so-called "Mediterranean diet," Joene Henry of Reuters reports.
Since Mediterranean-born Australians have lower death rates due to heart disease than do their native-born counterparts, Linton R. Harriss, R.N., MPH, of Monash University in Melbourne decided to see if there was a link between diet and mortality rates from heart disease.
He and a team of researchers and examined the eating habits of 40,000 men and women aged 40 to 69 over a ten-year period, 24% of whom were immigrants from Mediterranean countries.
The diet benefited people whether they had heart trouble or not. And although the scientists caution that more research is needed, Harriss and his team also found that this way of eating may benefit diabetics most of all.
Jennifer Moore for SUGAR SHOCK! Blog