By American Heart Association
If you know anything about healthy eating, you’ve probably heard that the benefits of Mediterranean-style eating are as clear as the crystal sea at a Greek island getaway.
But for someone just testing the waters of heart-healthy eating, the specifics of such a diet can get a little murky. That’s because its definition can vary.
Mediterranean-style eating is not necessarily about eating so many servings of a particular food at each meal, said Catherine M. Champagne, professor of nutritional epidemiology and dietary assessment and nutrition counseling at Louisiana State University’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge. “It’s more of a pattern.”…