Your Mediterranean Diet Plan Week 1: A Gentle Start

Your Mediterranean Diet Plan Week 1: A Gentle Start

By Ray Baker A 29% drop in heart events over five years sounds too good to be true, but that is what the American Heart Association found when people followed a Mediterranean-style eating pattern. [1] If you are over 50 and wondering where to begin, a clear...
What Is a Cardioprotective Diet? A Simple Guide

What Is a Cardioprotective Diet? A Simple Guide

By Ray Baker If you have ever sat in a doctor’s office and wondered what is a cardioprotective diet, you are in good company. The phrase sounds clinical, but the idea behind it is plain. East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust describes a cardioprotective diet as a...
Lazy Mediterranean Diet for Senior Beginners

Lazy Mediterranean Diet for Senior Beginners

By Ray Baker It still surprises me that Harvard’s Nutrition Source reports the people of Crete, Greece, and southern Italy in the mid-20th century had low rates of chronic disease and higher than average adult life expectancy despite limited access to healthcare...
A Warm Guide to a mediteranian diet for menoapuse

A Warm Guide to a mediteranian diet for menoapuse

By Ray Baker If you have been told that a mediteranian diet for menoapuse will cool your hot flushes, a 2024 Australian study has news for you. Researchers writing in the European Journal of Nutrition found that how closely perimenopausal and menopausal women followed...