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Article: Mediterranean diet has all kinds of benefits.(Food)(Lean & lovin' it)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- November 10, 2004
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Byline: Don Mauer
In April 2000, I wrote about a groundbreaking book titled "The Omega Diet: The Best of the Mediterranean Diets" by Artemis P. Simopoulos and Jo
Robinson.
Their crystal ball must have been in excellent working condition, since almost five years later, the Mediterranean diet continues to be heralded as the healthiest.
Here's the background to that story.
A few years ago, scientists discovered that the population surrounding the Mediterranean Sea, especially the males, appeared to have a far lower incidence of coronary heart disease than just about anywhere else in the world, except for Japan.
Further ...