{"id":2580,"date":"2009-05-14T13:17:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-14T13:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/mediterranean-diet-lowers-blood-pressure.html"},"modified":"2016-09-21T10:20:38","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T14:20:38","slug":"mediterranean-diet-lowers-blood-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2580","title":{"rendered":"Mediterranean Diet Lowers Blood Pressure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_HAl9r2q_-j0\/SgwaNzgUddI\/AAAAAAAABww\/AxeDSD0-mww\/s1600-h\/MedWellPicTableWFood.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335668482993583570\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 310px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 216px\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_HAl9r2q_-j0\/SgwaNzgUddI\/AAAAAAAABww\/AxeDSD0-mww\/s320\/MedWellPicTableWFood.jpg?w=735\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> The Mediterranean Dietary approach can help lower blood pressure. This, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnavigator-usa.com\/Publications\/Food-Beverage-Nutrition\/FoodNavigator.com\/Science-Nutrition\/Mediterranean-diet-may-lower-blood-pressure-Study\/?c=d%2BEjT%2BDm97AcndT0wrTe8g%3D%3D&amp;utm_source=newsletter_daily&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Newsletter%2BDaily\">according to this report published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition<\/a>, adherence to this way of eating was associated with lower blood pressure.<\/p>\n<p>This adds to the data indicating that the consistent health benefits of this approach. For instance, recent research has indicated that the diet may have benefits for arthritis, Alzheimer\u2019s disease, hearth health and blood pressure, diabetes, asthma, lung disease, and allergies.<\/p>\n<p>The Mediterranean dietary approach consists of healthy foods (described in the now popular Mediterranean Food Guide Pyramid), but also in their behavioral habits of healthy eating. This combination synergistically contributes to the final outcome: healthy hearts, longer lives, and delicious food.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mediterranean Dietary approach can help lower blood pressure. This, according to this report published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, adherence to this way of eating was associated &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":[369],"class_list":["post-2580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-mediterranean-diet","tag-high-blood-pressure"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7Qv5g-FC","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2645,"url":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2645","url_meta":{"origin":2580,"position":0},"title":"Mediterranean Diet Lays Low Fat Low","author":"Will Clower","date":"December 9, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"The Mediterranean Diet works.This research is from the Archives of Internal Medicine: A traditional Mediterranean diet that includes a healthy serving of nuts each day may help reverse a cluster of risk factors for heart disease.Over 1,200 older adults who followed the diet had lower rates of metabolic syndrome --\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Articles&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Articles","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?cat=494"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1932,"url":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=1932","url_meta":{"origin":2580,"position":1},"title":"Med Diet not just for prevention, beats low fat diet on treatment","author":"Will Clower","date":"October 21, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"We've known for a long time that the Mediterranean diet is good for prevention, to prevent problems like diabetes ... and high blood pressure ... and heart disease ... and Metabolic syndrome ... and boring tasteless food ... from happening to you in the first place.\u00a0Follow @willclowerBut this study\u00a0shows that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Articles&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Articles","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?cat=494"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/MedDietTable.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2135,"url":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2135","url_meta":{"origin":2580,"position":2},"title":"Mediterranean Diet Lowers Risk of Heart Disease and Diabetes","author":"Will Clower","date":"March 14, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Try the \"blood type\" theory or the \"low carb\" theory or the \"eat every three hours\" theory or the \"food combining\" theory ... and hope hope hope that it will turn out to work!\u00a0Good luck with that.Alternatively, you could just do what healthy people do. 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