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The Mediterranean Diet
The Mediterranean diet is low in fat and low in carbohydrates, which transforms it into a very effective way to reverse the process of accumulation of fat in the arteries, which lead to blocking, causing heart disease or cerebrovascular attacks (CVA .)
un 5%. A study of 140 people, reported to the journal Circulation, which is prepared diet may reduce the accumulation of fat in the arteries, which applied researchers from Ben-Gurion University in the study that lasted two years, resulting in a reduction of the arterial wall by 5%.
For example benefit cases of atherosclerosis, which is a progressive disease of aging property, in which arteries thickened by fatty deposits, increases the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
The authors of this Israeli study, carried out in collaboration with researchers in the U.S., Canada and Germany, evaluated whether this natural part of aging can be reversed through diet, which is based on eating lots of fruits and vegetables and include the use of olive oil as main source of fat.
10 or 15 years ago, it was thought that the fat deposits in the arteries was irreversible, but since the drugs have shown that it is possible to reduce them, but this study shows that you can do something to reduce the accumulation of plate, even without pills, experts say.