Huffington Post: Does a Mediterranean Diet Really Beat Low-Fat for Heart Health?

Dr. Ornish, who is Medical Editor of the Huffington Post, reveals some vital holes in a 2013 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine claiming that a Mediterranean diet is much more effective than a “low-fat diet” in preventing cardiovascular disease.

A Mediterranean diet is much more effective than a “low-fat diet” in preventing cardiovascular disease.

For example, he explains:

The comparison (control) group did not follow a low-fat diet. As the authors wrote, “We acknowledge that, even though participants in the control group received advice to reduce fat intake, changes in total fat were small.” This is not surprising, since they gave the control group virtually no support at all in following this diet during the first half of the study.

Read the full article here.