Could a Mediterranean diet offset the negative effects of air pollution?
New US research has found that eating a Mediterranean diet may provide some protection from the harmful effects of long-term exposure to air pollution, helping to reduce the risk of heart attacks, stroke and other causes of death. Carried out by researchers at the NYU School of Medicine, the study looked at data taken from 548,699 people with an average age of 62 who were followed for a 17-year period. The researchers categorized the participants into five groups based on how strongly they adhered to a Mediterranean diet and estimated their ...
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