Tag: Mediterranean diet

Eating Well

Yes, You Can Eat Red Meat

Red meat may have been getting a bad rap. Now comes research from professors of nutrition science at Purdue University suggesting that red meat, if it is eaten along with a Mediterranean diet, isn’t all that bad.  A Purdue news release reports that the study compared Mediterranean-style eating patterns with […]

Women's Health

Mediterranean Diet Builds Strong Bones

Here’s another thing that the Mediterranean diet is good for: strong bones, at least in the case of post menopausal women. Researchers at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil analyzed bone mineral density and studied the diets of 103 healthy women who had gone through menopause 5.5 years […]