To print: Select File and then Print from your browser's menu --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Mediterranean Diet Cuts Risk Of Cancer In Half URL: http://www.pslgroup.com/dg/86CD6.htm Doctor's Guide June 16, 1998
LONDON, ENGLAND -- June 16, 1998 -- A diet rich in fresh fruits and vegetables, breads, cereals, legumes, fish and canola and olive oils may protect against cancer and heart disease, according to a study in the June 8, 1998 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine. Subjects following a Mediterranean diet reduced their risk of death by 56 percent, reduced their risk for cancers by 61 percent and reduced their risk for the combination of death and cancers by 56 percent when compared to control subjects during a four-year span. The researchers studied 605 patients with coronary heart disease randomised into either a cardioprotective Mediterranean diet or a control diet similar to the step one American Heart Association prudent diet. They observed a high compliance rate with the Mediterranean diet and suggest that high-risk patients would have fewer difficulties adopting this type of diet as opposed to the low-fat diet currently favoured. "No [harmful] side effects are likely and, in view of the frequency and severity of most cancers and the cardioprotective effect of this diet, there is no convincing argument against such a prudent attitude," the authors write. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright © 1999 P\S\L Consulting Group Inc. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of P\S\L content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of P\S\L. P\S\L shall not be liable for any errors, omissions or delays in this content or any other content on its sites, newsletters or other publications, nor for any decisions or actions taken in reliance on such content. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This news story was printed from *Doctor's Guide to the Internet* located at http://www.docguide.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to News Story Page This site is maintained by webmaster@pslgroup.com Please contact us with any comments, problems or bugs. All contents Copyright (c) 1998 P\S\L Consulting Group Inc. All rights reserved.