Rachel Johnson, UVM nutrition professor and spokesperson for the American Heart Association, is the lead expert weighing in for The New York Times on a story reporting the significance of a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine regarding the strong connection between following a Mediterranean diet and reduced risk of heart attacks, strokes and death from heart disease. The piece appears in media outlets across the country, including The Boston Globe and Huffington Post. Read the story at NYTimes.com... Johnson was also interviewed on NPR’s “All Things Considered.” Listen at NPR.org…