Mediterranean Diet Lowers Risk of Metabolic Syndrome

The Mediteranean diet favored by Greeks and Italians is known to help prevent heart disease, and now new research extends these benefits to metabolic syndrome, a cluster of risk factors including high blood pressure, abdominal obesity, high cholesterol levels, and insulin resistance that increase risk for diabetes and heart disease.

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Mediterranean Diet Lowers Risk of Metabolic Syndrome

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