Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Research News: Study suggests nuttily simple heart helper

The News:
Study suggests nuttily simple heart helper
By Carla K. Johnson, The Associated Press
CHICAGO — Here's a health tip in a nutshell: Eating a handful of nuts a day for a year — along with a Mediterranean diet rich in fruit, vegetables and fish — may help undo a collection of risk factors for heart disease. Spanish researchers found that adding nuts worked better than boosting the olive oil in a typical Mediterranean diet. Both regimens cut the heart risks known as metabolic syndrome in more people than a low-fat diet did.

The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

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