What Is So Special about the Diet of Greece?

[Guest guest]

" The Mediterranean Diets: What Is So Special about the Diet of

Greece? The Scientific Evidence; Artemis P. Simopoulos.

The Center for Genetics, Nutrition and Health, Washington, DC "

http://www.nutrition.org/cgi/content/full/131/11/3065S

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But my understanding is that heart disease death rate in Japan is

much lower than anywhere in the Mediterranean region including Crete.

Does anyone have the data for Greece or Crete, compared with Japan or

Okinawa?

Rodney.

[Guest guest]

Hi folks:

The answer to the above question appears clear from this table of,

presumably, authoritative data.

The answer appears to be " NOTHING " .

Greece is not even in the bottom half of the world league table for

cardiovascular mortality!!!

To quote a very good friend of mine: " When all else fails look at

the facts " . Here are the facts:

http://www.americanheart.org/downloadable/heart/1107369676277Web%

20InternationalCharts2005.pdf

http://snipurl.com/cxn7

Have a nice day ; ^ )))

Rodney.

--- In , " Rodney " <perspect1111@y...>

wrote:

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> What Is So Special about the Diet of Greece?

[Guest guest]

Whats so special?

There was a period around the 60s, when Greece was ahead in the longevity

numbers, but it wasnt all of Greece, it was those who were living on the Isle Of

Crete. Many factors went into their low rate of CVD and CA, diet being one of

them. Activity levels, hard work, low rates of obesity. In addition, they

were eating at least 2x the amount of vegetables and 2x the amount of fruit we

were, almost no meat, vchicken, dairy, and eggs, and they did eat some fish.

But things changed. 50% of their population is overweight now and CVD and CA

rates have gone way up.

I dont understand how the Greek still get promoted Today as being 1) the

healhtiest diet 2) the longest lived when that has clearly changed.

The chart Rodney posted is the most current. Here is one a few years older from

the Okinawa data. Scroll down around half way.

http://www.okinawaprogram.com/

Jeff