New Study: Eat like an Italian, live longer

A new European study reports that people who eat a Mediterranean-style diet live longer. It's just more proof that a diet rich in whole grains, fruits, vegetables, legumes, and 'good' fats like olive-oil is the best for long-term health...

From CBSNews.com:

Researchers looked at people aged 70 to 90 for more than a decade, and found those who adhered to a healthy low-fat Mediterranean-style diet lowered their risk of death by 23 percent. People who drank alcohol moderately lowered their risk by 22 percent. Physical activity lowered the risk by 37 percent. Nonsmoking lowered the death risk by 22 percent. And people who had all four of these healthy lifestyle factors lowered their risk of death from any cause by 65 percent.

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