It's time for Dishing Up Nutrition with licensed nutritionist Darlene Kivist.

Each week, Darlene explains a connection between what you eat and how you feel.

Stay tuned to hear practical, real-life solutions for healthier living through good nutrition.

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Well, welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition. I'm

Darlene Kavist, a licensed nutritionist. And today's show is brought to you by nutritional

weight and wellness. You know, today I'm so happy to proudly announce that nutrition

is finally in the spotlight when it comes to people's health.

Amazing, I think.

Did you know that last week there was a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine

that for the very first time, through research now, that's the deal, for the very first time,

they found that diet had an effect as

powerful as a prescription kind of drug medicine, in preventing heart attacks, I'll get there,

heart attacks, strokes, death from cardiovascular disease. So this study found that diet, what you're putting in your mouth, had amazing results on reducing heart attacks, strokes, and death.

Without any bad side effects.

Without any bad.

Now, this study involved about 7,500 people living in Spain.

Half of the study participants followed a recommended diet, a low-fat diet.

You know, this is a doctor-recommended low-fat diet, and half followed a Mediterranean diet.

Those following a Mediterranean diet, what did they have in there, Cassie?

Good fats, plenty of good fats, olive oil, avocados, nuts, even butter.

And they had a 30% fewer heart attacks, these people that ate the fats,

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