Medical/Nutritional Update, Part 1

The Mediterranean diet can keep you heart disease-free for 6 additional years and add 9 years to your life! Just six months of the Mediterranean diet lowers your blood pressure and improves arterial blood flow; Studies point to hydroxytyrosol from red wine and extra virgin olive oil as chief among the Mediterranean diet’s benefits; New study shows that oleuropein from olives slashes risk of Type 2 Diabetes; Extra virgin olive oil slows progression to dementia, protects brain from Alzheimer’s; Food stamps were intended to prevent malnutrition and allow disadvantaged people to purchase healthy food–but is the SNAP program delivering? Click HERE for part 2.