Healthy Heart Diet - The Mediterranean Way

During her election campaign, Hillary Clinton chose a ground beef sandwich and French fries at a fast food place on her trail. She confessed that she really liked French fries. Not a very good example to the USA from someone who has campaigned for a better health service for all. Basically not a great example to the nation for healthy eating ! The photo shows what was left after her meal but she did finish it off with unsweetened iced tea !

There are lots of studies done by universities and research bodies which show that the Mediterranean diet does indeed lower the risk of heart disease and even cancer rates. French fries are not exactly a prominent feature of this diet as you will know if you have seen the nutrition pyramid. The Nurses' Health Study published in the International Journal of Cancer found that many pre schoolers who were surveyed and had eaten lots of French fries were at greater risk of getting cancer. Studies at Harvard University also identified the Mediterranean Diet as the best possible healthy heart diet

The Mediterranean countries such as Spain, Greece and southern Italy have always had a long dietary tradition of good food based on natural healthy ingredients. This now forms the basis of the Mediterranean Diet.

Are you interested in eating healthily without these fussy finicky diets where you have to weigh everything and calculate calories as well ?

One thing everyone is agreed on of course is that eating right is also great for your heart. You don't want to clog those arteries with that awful cholesterol, do you?.

Why do you think that Europeans have a lower obesity rate than Americans ? A friend of mine, just back from the States, could not get over the fact that there are food outlets everywhere you go ! The smell of food is everywhere - that was the reason he said why there are so many obese people around. That is the bad news.

Now, the good news - that is if you live in Europe. The Europeans are much healthier and just not as fat. The obesity rate among Americans is 33 percent, compared with 17 percent in 10 western European nations according to researchers at Emory university.

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