Forget the Mediterranean diet! New eating plan is BETTER at ‘slashing your risk of cancer, heart attack and stroke’

MOVE over Mediterranean diet – there’s a new eating plan that’s better at driving away disease.

The traditional diet has been “severely underrepresented” in research – but now scientists say it could ward off cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and even some cancers.

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Mediterranean food – in which olive oil, fruit and veg and wholegrains feature heavily ...