{"id":4433,"date":"2016-08-29T14:19:56","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T18:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/?p=4433"},"modified":"2016-09-18T15:50:17","modified_gmt":"2016-09-18T19:50:17","slug":"are-statins-worse-for-you-than-a-mediterranean-lifestyle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=4433","title":{"rendered":"Are Statins Worse For You Than A Mediterranean Lifestyle?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Amalfi%2BCoast%2Bw%2BTable.jpg\"This report\u00a0<\/a>suggests that the Mediterranean lifestyle is better for you than Statins. <\/span><\/p>\n

According to Professor Giovanni de Gaetano, head of the Department of Epidemiology and Prevention at the IRCCS Neuromed Institute in Italy, “We found that among those with a higher adherence to the Mediterranean diet, death from any cause was reduced by 37 per cent in comparison to those who poorly adhered to this dietary regime<\/em>.” <\/span><\/p>\n

The benefit from Statins? ~18% <\/span><\/p>\n

Ye<\/span>s, these results are not directly comparable. Agreed the scientific community needs to do more work to clarify the conclusions. Got it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But what these results suggest is that if you adhere to a Mediterranean Lifestyle, your risk of death from any cause is reduced by twice as much as if you were taking Statins. <\/span><\/p>\n

And the nice thing about the Mediterranean Lifestyle is that it doesn’t harm your liver, and you never hear that little voice at the end of a commercial telling you how this may cause\u00a0injury, sickness, death, vomiting, bad breath, or some other dread disease.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And how amazing\u00a0would it be if your doctor looked at you and told you to live a healthier lifestyle, in stead of prescribing medications for everything? We just have to figure out how to get them to make money from prescribing effective common sense solutions!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Save<\/span><\/p>\n

Save<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This report\u00a0suggests that the Mediterranean lifestyle is better for you than Statins. 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