SCHAUMBURG, Ill.—Wine might be the sexiest part of the Mediterranean diet, but it’s the omega-3s that make it so healthy, said Artemis P. Simopoulos, M.D., FACN, at the Natural Health Research Institute’s (NHRI) 6th Annual Scientific Symposium on Oct. 28, 2011. She said in the traditional Crete diet, omega-3 essential fatty acids are found throughout the food chain—in the meat, vegetables, eggs, milk, etc. This is the reason those in Greece have fewer health problems and incidents of cardiovascular disease (CVD), obesity and diabetes. In contrast, she said the typical western diet has changed dramatically in the past 150 years...