Eat to live longer! Learn how with this web seminar

Let’s start with the bad news: heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States and people of all ages and backgrounds can be affected by it. According to the Centers for Disease Control and prevention (CDC), about 600,000 people in the U.S. die of heart disease each year, making it the cause of 1 in every 4 deaths. As a country we spend about $108.9 billion a year on coronary heart disease alone.

Ready for the good news? Heart disease is preventable and manageable—and it doesn’t always require medicine. One way you can live a more heart-healthy life is by switching to the Mediterranean diet, which will be discussed in an upcoming web seminar from source4women.com that you can register for here. This diet, which focuses on vegetables, fruits, beans, whole grains, nuts, olives, and olive oil as well as some cheese, yogurt, fish, poultry, eggs, and wine, has been long associated with heart health and longevity and research continues to back that up.

In fact, a recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that the benefits of this diet are quite extraordinary. Researchers observed more than 7,000 participants in Spain between the ages of 55 and 80 who had a high risk for cardiovascular disease. The study showed that about 30 percent of heart attacks, strokes, and deaths from heart disease in high risk patients can be prevented by switching to a Mediterranean diet. The results of the study were so clear after about five years that researchers felt it was unethical to continue and ended the study early.

And there’s even more good news: the cuisine is delicious. That’s right, you can take care of your heart with flavorful, healthy foods and live a longer life.

If you want to learn more about the Mediterranean diet and some simple, effective diet strategies that may help lower heart-disease risk and improve your health, head over to source4women.com on May 14 at 12:30 p.m. for a web seminar on The Magic of the Mediterranean Lifestyle: The Gold Standard for Heart Healthy, Longevity and Wellness with Kathleen Zellman, a registered dietician. Register and learn more here.