Eat more raw nuts - and extra virgin olive oilThis is starting to sound like a broken record. Now another study confirms that eating nuts is beneficial, so is supplemental extra virgin olive oil. This exactly the diet I have been on for more than six years now, with wonderful results. Reference below.
Mediterranean Diets Beat Low-Fat for CVD Prevention, Shelley Wood, Feb 25, 2013 Loma Linda, CA — A Mediterranean diet supplemented with either extra virgin olive oil or mixed nuts may cut the risk of cardiovascular events by as much as 30% in subjects at high risk of developing heart disease, as compared with people advised to eat a reduced-fat diet [1]. Those are the key findings from the randomized controlled PREDIMED primary-prevention trial presented here at the International Congress on Vegetarian Nutrition. The Mediterranean diet already reigns supreme in secondary prevention of CV events. PREDIMED, which looked at diet effects on hard clinical end points, carves out an important role for this dietary eating pattern in primary prevention. 1. Estruch R, Ros E, Salas-Salvadó J, et al. Primary prevention of cardiovascular disease with a Mediterranean diet. N Engl J Med 2013; DOI:10.1056/NEJMoa200303. Available at: http://www.nejm.org. Eat more raw nuts
Here's a health tip in a nutshell: Eating a handful of nuts a day for a year - along with a Mediterranean diet rich in fruit, vegetables and fish - may help undo a collection of risk factors for heart disease.
Spanish researchers found that adding nuts worked better than boosting the olive oil in a typical Mediterranean diet. Both regimens cut the heart risks known as metabolic syndrome in more people than a low-fat diet did. "What's most surprising is they found substantial metabolic benefits in the absence of calorie reduction or weight loss," said Dr. JoAnn Manson, chief of preventive medicine at Harvard's Brigham and Women's Hospital. In the study, appearing Monday in the Archives of Internal Medicine, the people who improved most were told to eat about three whole walnuts, seven or eight whole hazelnuts and seven or eight whole almonds. They didn't lose weight, on average, but more of them succeeded in reducing belly fat and improving their cholesterol and blood pressure. MORE: Read full article at one of the following links or google the following with the quotes "Spanish researchers found that adding nuts worked better than" : http://www.nbcnews.com/id/28115121/ http://voices.yahoo.com/a-handful-nuts-each-day-mediterranean-diet-2377007.html http://www.ctvnews.ca/scientists-find-nutty-risk-reducer-eat-more-nuts-1.350128 |
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