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Mediterranean diet proves value again
A French study reconfirms that a diet rich in canola oil, fish, fruits, cereals, and beans limits heart disease.
References:
de Lorgeril, M., et al. 1999. Mediterranean diet, traditional risk factors, and the rate of cardiovascular complications after myocardial infarction. Circulation 99(Feb. 16).
Further Readings:
Leaf, A. 1999. Dietary prevention of coronary heart disease. Circulation 99(Feb. 16).
Sources:
Michel de Lorgeril
Explorations Fonctionelles Cardiorespiratoires et Métaboliques
CHU Nord de Saint-Etienne-Niveau 6,
42055 Saint-Etienne Cedex 2
France
Frank M. Sacks
Harvard School of Public Health
665 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 8, February 20, 1999, p. 119. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.
