MEDITERRANEAN DIET FOR HEALTHY ARTERIES

Even a simple meal junk-food, mainly consisting of saturated fats, does great damage to the health of the arteries of the body, unlike the Mediterranean diet, which is rich in "good" fats like monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids, according to another - this time Canadian - scientific research.

Researchers at the Heart Institute of the University of Montreal, headed by Professor of Medical School Anil Nigkam, published in the "Canadian Journal of Cardiology" and cardiology conference in Toronto, that the Mediterranean diet may have beneficial effects on the cardiovascular system.

The researchers found that after eating just only a meal of garbage-eating, the arteries of the study participants had expanded by 24% less than when they had eaten nothing, thus restricting the flow of blood. In contrast, those who had eaten Mediterranean-style meals, resulted with normally dilated arteries and normal blood flow.