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\"MediterraneanDiet.jpg\"<\/a><\/span>Who among us doesn’t love to tuck into a plate of spaghetti slick with olive oil and fragrant with garlic, or studded with tomatoes and redolent with basil?  Ooh, those Mediterranean foods.  <\/p>\n

It may not be news to you that Mediterranean ingredients – from olive oil to sardines to chickpeas to avocados – can make for a very healthy eating plan.  But did you know that in addition to lowering rates of heart disease, a Mediterranean diet can help stave off diabetes, Alzheimer’s Disease, cancer, and obesity?<\/p>\n

We just published a beautiful new feature on Mediterranean ingredients that highlight the best of these foods, why they’re so good for us, how we can incorporate them into our daily eating habits.<\/p>\n

Click here to view the gallery: “Health Secrets of the Mediterranean Diet”<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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