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...study - which it does not have the expertise to conduct - to support its charges that rates of cancer and other illnesses are higher among Beverly Hills High school graduates than among other residents of the Los Angeles basin. Epidemiologists say a valid study would identify each graduate's ethnicity, diet, smoking habits, employment, family history, place of birth and changes in residency of each graduate, any or all of which might be factors contributing to illness. That's far more comprehensive than the Brockovich firm's approach. They also point to studies showing that the rates of cancer and other...
...decades, doctors have been intrigued by the apparent health benefits of the so-called Mediterranean diet, which is not really a diet the way most people think of one. It's more of a dietary pattern--or rather, several complementary dietary patterns that have existed around the Mediterranean basin for centuries. Typical Mediterranean diets emphasize lots of fruits, cooked vegetables and legumes, grains (whole, not refined) and, in moderation, wine, nuts, fish and dairy products, particularly yogurt and cheese. But most Americans tend to focus on one component of these diets--olive oil--as if it were a magical potion...
Life should be so easy. According to the largest, most rigorously controlled study of a Mediterranean diet ever conducted, people with the most Mediterranean-like eating habits do seem to have a reduced risk of dying from heart disease (down 33%) or cancer (24%). But the study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine last week, was unable to link the health benefits to any one ingredient, not even olive oil. "It's only when you see the whole pattern that you see a statistically significant reduction in mortality," says Dr. Antonia Trichopoulou, the study's lead author...
Some foods did stand out in the data, however. Potatoes, while not clearly harmful or beneficial, tilted more to the bad side, as did eggs and meat--all foods that are consumed sparingly in traditional Mediterranean diets. Vegetables, legumes, nuts (in moderation) lean to the good side, with the greatest benefit coming from the consumption of large quantities of fruit. As you might expect, the NEJM study also showed that a Mediterranean diet did not eliminate the unsalutary effects of smoking or overeating...
...continually tosses out clever phrases only to edit himself aloud until he strikes upon even more clever phrases. He seems almost ageless with his ready laugh and animated, unlined face. As for his good health, he credits genetics--his dad lived to 90--but quips that his only diet and exercise regimen is "to keep working and try not to get too hungry or sedentary...