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Good Fat for the Good Life
A Mediterranean-style diet high in olive oil and other "healthy" fats is just as good as the classic American Heart Association low-fat diet for the 8 million Americans who have suffered a heart attack and want to prevent a repeat, new research suggests.And for those that do not want to prevent a repeat heart attack? Whaddabout a study for them? People on either diet had one-third the risk of suffering another heart attack, a stroke, death or other heart problem compared with heart patients eating in the usual way, the study found. The results of the study were presented Sunday at an American College of Cardiology conference. More at link. Posted by: Bobby 2007-03-26 |
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