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Mediterranean Diet Helps Prevent Heart Disease

By KSEE Sales
February 26, 2013 Updated Feb 26, 2013 at 3:19 PM PDT

There's proof that the Mediterranean diet can help prevent heart disease. Spanish researchers tracked more than seven-thousand adults, who were at risk for heart attacks, or stroke.

Those who followed a Mediterranean diet, along with extra virgin olive oil, or mixed nuts were 30 percent less likely to develop heart disease. That's even more effective than many medications, like statins, which also raise the risk of diabetes.

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