Mediterranean diet with virgin olive oil may boost ‘good’ cholesterol
A Mediterranean diet, particularly when enriched with virgin olive oil, appears to improve the function of high-density lipoprotein, the so-called good cholesterol, in patients at high risk for heart disease. A Mediterranean diet rich in virgin olive oil may help the body remove excess cholesterol from arteries, serve as an antioxidant and keep blood vessels open — all of which are known to reduce cardiovascular risk.
February 13, 2017 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: blood-vessels, function, help-the-body, high-risk, mediterranean, olive-oil, patients-at-high, the-so-called, virgin-olive
Mediterranean diet with nuts, olive oil ‘may reverse metabolic syndrome’
Researchers say that a Mediterranean diet supplemented with nuts or extra-virgin olive oil could reverse metabolic syndrome in patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease.
October 15, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, diet-supplemented, high-risk, mediterranean, metabolic-syndrome, nutrition / diet, nuts-or-extra, olive-oil, oncalldietitian.com, patients-at-high
