Love is always in the air during February and we couldn’t be more in love with the Mediterranean Diet [1]! Not only is it full of delicious foods and rich culinary heritage, but it is also good for the heart, and not just metaphorically speaking. And what better time to celebrate our love of the Mediterranean Diet and its heart health benefits than February, which is American Heart Month [2]?
If you haven’t fallen head over heals for the Med Diet yet, let these recent research findings demonstrating just some of the heart health benefits of the Med Diet be your reason to embrace it:
At Oldways we are celebrating our adoration for the amazing benefits that the Mediterranean Diet has on heart health by using American Heart Month to prepare to exhibit at the American College of Cardiology’s annual conference [7] at the end of March. With an astounding amount of research pointing to the Mediterranean Diet’s ability to protect against heart disease, it only makes sense for us to bring our wealth of educational resources on the Mediterranean Diet to the 20,000 ACC attendees.
We are assembling Mediterranean Diet Starter Kits for doctors to use when counseling patients on making healthy diet and lifestyle choices. Our kits include the latest research findings, tools for helping patients identify and choose good foods, and resources for turning those good foods [8] into healthy, delicious meals.
We love that we will have the opportunity to share our materials, but are also excited to learn from conference attendees how we can best support them in helping people adopt and maintain healthy lifestyles.
If you work in cardiology or are concerned about your own risk for heart disease and have questions about the Mediterranean Diet, let us know how we can support you! You can contact us at sara@oldwayspt.org [9].
-Hannah
Links
[1] https://oldwayspt.org/resources/heritage-pyramids/mediterranean-diet-pyramid
[2] http://www.cdc.gov/features/heartmonth/
[3] http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-releases/mediterranean-diet-linked-with-lower-heart-disease-risk/
[4] http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/11/131115094311.htm
[5] http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/evidence_mounts_that_four_lifestyle_changes_will_protect_your_heart_and_significantly_reduce_your_risk_of_death
[6] http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1200303
[7] http://accscientificsession.cardiosource.org/ACC.aspx?_oskwdid=11774612&_engineadid=35568916639
[8] https://oldwayspt.org/resources/good-food
[9] mailto:sara@oldwayspt.org
[10] https://oldwayspt.org/categories/study