MEDITERRANEAN DIET TIED TO ONE-FIFTH LOWER RISK OF DEATH IN WOMEN

 Investigators from Brigham and Women’s Hospital have identified and assessed underlying mechanisms that may explain the Mediterranean diet’s 23% reduction in all-cause mortality risk for American women. The health benefits of the Mediterranean diet have been reported in multiple studies, but there is limited long-term data of its effects in U.S. women and little understanding about why the diet may reduce the risk of death. In a new study that followed more than 25,000 initially healthy U.S. women for up to 25 years, researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital found Read More

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