A decrease in the oxidative damage to low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol is one of the protective mechanisms in which a traditional Mediterranean diet exerts a protective effect on coronary heart disease development.
Journal of Nutrition, Vol 128 No 2 February 1998 Muredach P Reilly, John A Lawson, and Garret A FitzGerald Center for Experimental Therapeutics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Philadelphia, PA 19104