The highest intakes of anthocyanins, found mainly in blueberries and strawberries, tracked with an 8 percent lower risk of hypertension, and weekly blueberry eaters were 10 percent less likely to develop it. A separate Italian study tied leafy vegetables and olive oil to less heart disease.
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Study explains why Mediterranean diet prevents heart disease
A small trial asked 24 people with high cholesterol to eat a diet rich in the monounsaturated fats found in olive oil, and HDL rose within a month. The piece sets this against a trial in which the statin combination Vytorin modestly cut cardiovascular events in chronic kidney disease patients.
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Plant-based diet good for breast cancer survivors
In a small crossover study, 81 percent of breast cancer survivors who began with an olive oil-rich plant-based diet lost more than 5 percent of body weight, against 31 percent on the National Cancer Institute low-fat diet. Twenty-eight of 44 women completed both eight-week diets.
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