If your lungs haven’t crashed yet, your muscles have all the strength in this world because they are not flabby and weak, you are always brimming with energy and most of all if that pumping machine right in the center of your chest, your heart, is still doing it’s job right, you ought to thank that very moment you decided to exercise regularly.
Alternate of Exercise
No doubt there are zillion benefits of exercise from preventing all those menacing diseases to keeping us healthy, happy and active. But what if you are told that there is something which yields much better results for keeping a heart healthy than exercise? The news is going to be a treat for all the cardiac patients out there, for the food lovers and for the people who simply hate to workout. Cheers slackers!
Heart Healthy Diet
Yes dear readers, your diet! If you’re looking for a heart-healthy eating plan, than ‘The Mediterranean diet’ might be the right choice for you.It is the na- tive cuisine of Greece, Spain, and Southern Italy. In past, time and again doctors, scientists, and nutritionists alike have highlighted the importance of Mediterranean diet and considered it as an ideal way of eating and a key to longevity. Now they have a conclusive proof of all that was being said about the diet for ages.
Research on Mediterranean
Diet According to a study to be presented at the American College of Cardiology’s 64th Annual Scientific Session in San Diego, following a Mediterranean diet could reduce your risk of heart disease by a thumping 47 percent, beating out exercise in this regard. Researchers from Harokopio University in Athens, Greece tracked 2,500 Greek adults, aging from 18 to 89 over a decade.By the end of the study 20 percent of the men and 12 percent of the women who took part in the study developed or died from heart disease. Overall, those participants who stuck to the Mediterranean diet were found to be 47 percent less likely to develop heart disease than those who did not.
Researchers Say on Results
“It also reveals that the Mediterranean diet has direct benefits for heart health, in addition to its indirect benefits in managing diabetes, hypertension (high blood pressure) and inflammation.” “It shows that the Mediterranean diet is a beneficial intervention for all types of people—in both genders, in all age groups, and in both healthy people and those with health conditions.” said Ekavi Georgousopoulou, a Ph.D. candidate at Harokopio University in Athens, Greece. “Because the Mediterranean diet is based on food groups that are quite common or easy to find, people around the world could easily adopt this dietary pattern and help protect themselves against heart disease with very little cost”
What is Mediterranean Diet?
All the readers by now must have started to wonder what actually is Mediterranean Diet? Mediterranean diet consists largely of fresh fruits and veggies, olive oil, fish, beans, nuts, and unrefined grains.
Get Started
Try not to think of it as a “diet,” which can sound rigid and laborious. Focus on all the fruits and fish you can have. If you are already into Mediterranean diet, Good going! If you aren’t it’s high time to consider a switch. Do that, and you’ll set yourself up for long-term health.
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