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Why are the Greeks the healthiest people ?

What are the cost common widespread diseases, especially in older age? They are these:

  • coronary heart disease
  • obesity and unfortunately also
  • cancer in various forms and
  • High cholesterol

Scientific studies are constantly performed in this area to gain knowledge on the relationships between nutrition, high blood pressure and cholesterol levels. Recently, one of the most interesting and informative was conducted between the European Union and the Institute for Arteriosclerosis at the University of Münster (Germany). Continuing from the "Seven Countries Study", published in the 1970s, the parameters of 13,000 men were measured, originally aged between 40 and 59, from Italy, Greece, the former Yugoslavia, the Netherlands, Finland, the USA and Japan. This study took place over a period of 15 years.
To the graph of the "Seven Countries Study"

To the graph of the "Seven Countries Study"


     
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