
The Power of the Mediterranean Diet: Reversing Atherosclerosis
Physionic
Mar 24, 2025
Mindsip insights from this episode:
Choose Mediterranean diet to reduce heart attack risk
The Mediterranean diet significantly outperformed the low-fat diet in reducing major cardiovascular events like heart attacks and strokes over the seven-year trial.
Implement low-fat diet to halt plaque progression
While the low-fat diet did not show plaque reversal, it did appear to halt its progression, effectively stopping it from worsening.
Recognize significance of secondary prevention in coronary heart disease patients
The study was a secondary prevention trial, meaning all participants already had diagnosed coronary heart disease, making the results particularly significant.
Reverse atherosclerosis with the Mediterranean diet
In a seven-year study called the Cardioprev study, the Mediterranean diet demonstrated the ability to reverse atherosclerosis by reducing plaque in the arteries of high-risk patients.
Challenge olive oil's role in heart disease debate
In complete opposition to the study's findings, some prominent physicians and scientists claim that olive oil and the Mediterranean diet actually cause heart disease.
Enhance HDL levels to clean arteries through diet
The diet is speculated to work by increasing HDL particles that remove cholesterol from plaque through a process called reverse cholesterol transport.
Prioritize Mediterranean diet over calorie deficit for arterial health
Despite being in a greater caloric deficit, the low-fat diet group underperformed compared to the Mediterranean diet group in reducing arterial plaque.
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