likely due to the stunning results of a five-year Spanish study, published in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine last

likely due to the stunning results of a five-year Spanish study, published in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine last year. Why all the excitement? We’ve known about the heart-healthy Mediterranean Diet for years. But this study was the first major randomized clinical trial (the gold standard of scientific research proving cause and effect) that used meaningful endpoints, including heart attack, stroke and death. #mediterraneandiet