The Mediterranean diet has long been considered healthy and in particular, cardioprotective. Although the association was first made by the American doctor Ancel Keys over 50 years ago,1 the diet has attracted considerable interest in the past decade or so, with a large body of observational evidence showing the potential it has to reduce chronic diseases varying from dementia to cancers.2,3 Perhaps the greatest focus, however, remains on the potential it has to reduce morbidity and mortality in cardiovascular diseases (CVD).
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