We know that the Mediterranean diet offers protection from chronic diseases such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes, but it can t. But what if you are overweight?
Well, even if you are overweight following a Mediterranean diet will protect you according to new research, and even more so! Swedish researchers from Uppsala University followed 79,000 people over a period of 20 years and looked at the relationship between weight, the Mediterranean diet and risk of death.
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