The benefits of a Mediterranean diet
Donna Bacchi, MD, MPH, chair of Upstate‘s Public Health and Preventive Medicine Department, joins us for another edition of 'Public Health Today'. Dr. Bacchi discusses findings from a recent study of the Mediterranean diet, which shows that eating a well rounded diet and staying away from sweets, lowers the risk of heart disease and stroke. Read the study: Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease with a Mediterranean Diet