PEOPLE who eat a classic Mediterranean diet rich in vegetables, fruits, olive oil, cereals and fish live longer, and are healthier. But a study in Greece has shown that it is the diet as a whole, rather than any specific individual component, that confers health benefits.
Researchers from the University of Athens and the Harvard School of Public Health recorded the eating habits of 22,000 Greek people, and followed their subsequent health and mortality for an average of 3.7 years. People who ate a diet rich in typical Mediterranean ingredients were less likely to die, suffer coronary heart disease or…
