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Diet Mediterranean help you live longer

This is the diet is derived from an island of Greece, is famous because the Cretans and the Greek people have an average lifespan highest in the world.



According to statistics, the proportion of people Mediterranean die from coronary illness (a disease related to cardiovascular) less than 20% of people in America.

Currently diet Mediterranean is becoming a more common and more popular because under review, despite a diet helps to satisfy the taste buds, make up the appetite, but include food "friendly" with heart and very little fat.

Do greeks like to eat?

Greeks eat less red meat and they capture more of the foods derived from plants - average about 9 parts vegetables and fruits each day. When choosing vegetables, they also pay attention to the kind that contains many antioxidants.

If the amount of fat that experts Heart Association recommends, each person should only be loaded in the body is 30%, the amount of fat in the diet Mediterranean containing 40% fat.

Greeks eat cold water fish several times a week because they believe this is the food is very beneficial for the heart, because it contains more omega-3 (the type of fat unprecedented that the body is not able self-synthetic), helps reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and improve immune system function.

Alcohol consumption in moderation: According to the survey, most of the people of the Mediterranean often drink during meals. Drinking in moderation means no more than 1 beer, 1 glass of wine or 1 cocktail per day for women and the number of 2 men. This reduces the risk of cardiovascular-related diseases due to the increased levels of bad cholesterol in the blood and restricted stock vascular obstruction. But the alcohol in drinks that can be addictive and thereby break the "rules" in moderation.

Mediterranean diet and cardiovascular disease

A study conducted by the French experts with the participation of 600 patients with cardiovascular disease. Among these patients were divided into two groups, one group was asked to apply diet Mediterranean and the other group will apply diet according to the Food Pyramid of the United States Department of Agriculture and the Association heart America.

In a short time, the result: both diets are effective in reducing blood cholesterol levels were similar. However, if you apply this diet two in a long time for the results surprising. Specifically, only 8 cases of heart disease in 2 years with the application of the Mediterranean diet, compared to 33 people in the group eating the rest.

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