For the first time a rigorous scientific study has estimated the effect of the Mediterranean diet on the risk of heart attacks and strokes. This Spanish research, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, has been considered so remarkable that it is believed that it could change certain nutritional patterns.

Concluding that 30% of heart attacks, strokes and deaths from cardiovascular disease could be prevented with a typical Mediterranean diet, rich in extra virgin olive oil and / or nuts. You can even have a glass of wine at meals. With this diet the investment of money in medicines is diminished and the treatment is beneficial, and without its side effects.

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