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Mediterranean-style diets found to cut heart risks

A woman buys fruit at a market in

Photo credit: AP | A woman buys fruit at a market in Barcelona, Spain. (Jan. 17, 2013)

Pour on the olive oil, preferably over fish and vegetables: One of the longest and most scientific tests of a Mediterranean diet suggests this style of eating can cut the chance of suffering heart-related problems, especially strokes, in older people at high risk of them.

The study lasted five years and involved about 7,500 people in Spain. Those who ate Mediterranean-style with lots of olive...

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