A Greek and Italian Strategy for Preventing Heart Disease

Avoiding heart disease in the future may involve adopting a lifestyle that many of our Greek and Italian cousins may take for granted.

For decades medical researchers have advised watching our weight, exercising regularly, steering clear of foods high in saturated fats, not smoking and controlling blood pressure to reduce risk factors such as high cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes, abdominal obesity and sedentary lifestyles.

All of this advice is as valid as ever, experts say. But as researchers continue to discover, the roots of prevention run much deeper.

Posted by Jim Langcuster at January 27, 2009 01:19 PM | TrackBack