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Subject: [Spam 9.05] Healthy Eating: A Toast to the Mediterranean Diet?
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Date: 09/20/13 13:13:32

 
 
 
 
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Earlier this year, an important Spanish study on the Mediterranean diet got more publicity than any diet study in recent memory. Hailed as a “watershed moment,” it had all the trappings of a big deal.
It was large, long, well-designed (a randomized, controlled trial), in a prestigious journal (New England Journal of Medicine), and on a trendy subject (the diet is adored by foodies and has been the focus of many positive studies). On top of all that, the study was halted a year early because the results were so clear—a 30 percent reduction in “major cardiovascular events” (that is, heart attacks, strokes and cardiovascular deaths) in high-risk people, compared to a “low-fat diet.” That’s similar to the risk reduction seen with statin drugs.
In fact, the findings were so striking that it was deemed unethical not to allow the control group to switch to the beneficial diet.
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