{"id":2366,"date":"2010-06-08T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-08T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/yawn-mediterranean-diet-helps-existing-heart-disease-too-reuters.html"},"modified":"2016-09-21T09:41:04","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T13:41:04","slug":"yawn-mediterranean-diet-helps-existing-heart-disease-too-reuters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2366","title":{"rendered":"Yawn* Mediterranean diet helps existing heart disease, too | Reuters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_HAl9r2q_-j0\/TAqpLTp-uCI\/AAAAAAAACjk\/0VkI4bIYEtw\/s1600\/MedWellPicTableWFood.jpg\"><img data-opt-id=827828051  fetchpriority=\"high\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 310px; height: 216px;\" src=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_HAl9r2q_-j0\/TAqpLTp-uCI\/AAAAAAAACjk\/0VkI4bIYEtw\/s320\/MedWellPicTableWFood.jpg?w=735\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479377908369635362\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>The Mediterranean diet is the healthiest diet on Earth. This is just more data showing what we already know. <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>But check this out: <\/b><\/div>\n<div><span   style=\"  ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans;font-size:medium;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; \">Patients with diet&#8217;s that were the closest to the Mediterranean style of eating were at 31% lower risk of suffering <i><b>another heart attack<\/b><\/i> or experiencing chest pain during the first month after they were discharged from the hospital.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; \">They were only half as likely as those with the least Mediterranean eating habits to have another heart-related event within a year, and nearly 40 percent less likely to experience repeat heart problems within two years.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; \">For every additional point on the 55-point Mediterranean Diet Score, a person&#8217;s risk of having another heart-related event over the next two years fell by 12 percent, the researchers found. Patients with the most Mediterranean diets were also the least likely to experience reductions in the ability of the heart&#8217;s main pumping chamber to work at full capacity, as well as harmful structural changes to the heart known as cardiac remodeling.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/idUSTRE6525R120100603?feedType=nl&amp;feedName=ushealth1100\">Mediterranean diet helps existing heart disease, too | Reuters<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><a href=\"http:\/\/www.addthis.com\/bookmark.php?v=250&amp;pub=willclower\"><img data-opt-id=1342684942  fetchpriority=\"high\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s7.addthis.com\/static\/btn\/v2\/lg-share-en.gif?resize=125%2C16\" width=\"125\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Bookmark and Share\" style=\"border:0\" \/><\/a><!-- AddThis Button END -->For more information: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.willclower.com\/\"> Click here to visit Will Clower&#8217;s website. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mediterranean diet is the healthiest diet on Earth. This is just more data showing what we already know. But check this out: Patients with diet&#8217;s that were the closest &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[494,285],"tags":[325],"class_list":["post-2366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-mediterranean-diet","tag-heart-health"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7Qv5g-Ca","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2640,"url":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2640","url_meta":{"origin":2366,"position":0},"title":"Mediterranean Diet Puts Out the Flames","author":"Will Clower","date":"December 23, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Inflammation. 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