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Article: Mediterranean Diet Advised for Diabetics
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- May 11, 1994
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A Mediterranean-style diet high in olive oil and low in starch,
meat and whole-milk products may be the best diet a diabetic can
have, a new study has found.
The Mediterranean-style diet turned out to be even healthier
than the high-carbohydrate, low-fat diet that until last month was
recommended by the American Diabetes Association.
Dr. Abhimanyu Garg of the University of Texas Southwestern
Medical Center in Dallas compared a diet high in monounsaturated fat
- mainly from olive oil - to a diet high in carbohydrates, such as
breads, beans, fruit, pasta and starchy vegetables.
After 14 weeks, those on the olive oil diet had triglyceride
levels that were 24 percent lower, "bad" LDL ...
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