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Article: High in flavor, low in cholesterol: American Heart Association and the Mediterranean diet.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- September 26, 2003
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Byline: Marsha Erickson
Contrasting colors, flavors and textures of fresh vegetables combine with pasta, bread and olive oil in typical Mediterranean dishes.
Here's a case where what you don't know, can hurt you.
If you're among the 41 million American adults with a cholesterol level of 240 and above, you have twice the risk of heart attack as people whose cholesterol level is below 200.
Yet, according to a recent American Heart Association survey, 51 percent of Americans age 40 and older don't know their own cholesterol numbers. And despite the fact that health experts have been talking about cholesterol for decades, many people don't ...