Rhetorical Analysis: The Mediterranean Diet May Be Good To The Brain

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As the world may know by now, health has become incredibly important to humanity, it seems that people’s lifespan has been estimated to be ten times better than how it used to be back in our early years. In the article “Mediterranean Diet May Be Good to the Brain”, the author Nicholas Bakalarjan advocates and exposes an interesting diet that not only might seem strange but engaging. In the article, Bakalarjan claims and expresses his opinion about the Mediterranean diet being beneficial to the human body.
Bakalarjan began his report by discussing the content of his mysterious diet. Also, he conveys his knowledge by claiming the studies related to the Mediterranean diet being beneficial to the humans. Not only that, but it is being said that

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