Mediterranean diet enriched with virgin olive oil may protect the heart
Written by Hannah Nichols
Published: Today
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Forget chocolates and roses this Valentine's day. Instead, cook up a Mediterranean-inspired meal with lashings of virgin olive oil to win and protect your lover's heart. New research reports that a Mediterranean diet rich in virgin olive oil may boost the cardioprotective effects of "good" cholesterol.
[Sandwich with mozzarella, sun-dried tomatoes and arugula]
Consuming a Mediterranean diet rich in virgin olive oil may protect the heart.
Montserrat Fitó, Ph.D., was the senior author of the new research and coordinator of the Cardiovascular Risk and Nutrition Research Group at the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute in Barcelona, Spain, as well as the Ciber of Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition, also in Spain. Fitó and team's findings were published in the American Heart Association's journal Circulation.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/315818.php
