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SUBMITTER: Nadtochiy SM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3117983 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jul-Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.) 20110330 7-8
The continually increasing rate of myocardial infarction (MI) in the Western world at least partly can be explained by a poor diet lacking in green vegetables, fruits, and fish and enriched in food that contains saturated fat. In contrast, a number of epidemiologic studies provide strong evidence highlighting the cardioprotective benefits of the Mediterranean diet enriched in green vegetables, fruits, fish, and grape wine. Regular consumption of these products leads to an accumulation of nitrate ...[more]