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Research: Anatomy of the health effects of the Mediterranean diet, the Greek EPIC prospective cohort study, BMJ onlineSome food groups in the Mediterranean diet are more important than others in promoting health and longer life according to new research published on bmj.com today.Eating more vegetables, fruits, nuts, pulses and olive oil, and drinking moderate amounts of alcohol, while not consuming a lot of meat or excessive amounts of alcohol is linked to people living longer.However, the...
MCLEAN, Va., Feb. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Knowing what someone eats can help doctors predict that person's risk of heart disease more accurately, according to a new study by scientists in Greece(1). Their research found that including dietary factors in cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk-prediction models -- along with traditional factors such as age, gender, smoking, blood pressure and cholesterol -- improves the calculations that the models yield. The study, "Inclusion of Dietary Evaluation...
Eating a Mediterranean diet appears to be associated with less risk of mild cognitive impairment, New York researchers said. Dr. Nikolaos Scarmeas and colleagues at Columbia University Medical Center in New York calculated a score for adherence to the Mediterranean diet among 1,393 individuals with no cognitive problems and 482 patients with mild cognitive impairment. Study participants were examined, interviewed, screened for cognitive impairments and asked to complete a food frequency...
Looking for a tastier way to be healthier? A new study suggests eating a traditional Mediterranean diet of cereals, vegetables, fruits and olive oil plus a daily serving of mixed nuts could be the key to better health.The study was designed for those looking to manage metabolic abnormalities, such as abdominal obesity, high cholesterol, high blood pressure and high blood glucose levels. All of those conditions are risk factors for cardiovascular disease.A traditional Mediterranean diet,...
By Nanci Hellmich Dawn Jackson Blatner, a registered dietitian in Chicago who has worked with thousands of overweight patients, has her own diet confession. She has been a vegetarian for more than 10 years, but sometimes she cheats and eats meat, even juicy steaks. She calls herself "a closet meat-eater" and tries not to get caught with a burger or pork chop on her plate. For a long time, she felt as if she were a lazy vegetarian, so she created her own style of eating. She explains it in...
FOLLOWING a strict Mediterranean diet offers substantial protection against heart disease, cancer, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's, said a study out today. The work by researchers on existing studies showed that following a Mediterranean diet strictly reduced the risk of dying early by 9%. (c) 2008 Evening Gazette - Middlesbrough. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All rights Reserved.
A strict Mediterranean diet provides substantial protection against heart disease, cancer and Alzheimer's disease, University of Florence researchers said. The Mediterranean diet is rich in olive oil, whole grains, fruits, nuts, vegetables and fish, but low in meat, dairy products and alcohol, researchers said. The researchers assessed 12 international studies that examined eating habits and tracked participants from three to 18 years. All the studies examined the concept of using a...
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/3f9d6f/vegetarian_consume) has announced the addition of the "Vegetarian Consumer Trends: Semi-Vegetarian Consumers" report to their offering. If you are a vegetarian food manufacturer, distributor, retailer or marketer, the new Vegetarian Consumer Trends reports will give you new insights on your key consumer segments. As one of the most comprehensive research studies ever conducted about the attitudes and behavior of...
By Steve Connor Science Editor * How adding six types of food can cut the risk of cancer by 22 per cent Adopting elements of a Mediterranean-style diet, which is high in fruit and vegetables and low on red meat and dairy produce, can reduce the risk of cancer by almost a quarter, according to a major study of people's eating habits. It has been thought for some time that making dietary changes such as eating more olive oil and less butter could lead to a significantly lower incidence of...
The traditional Mediterranean diet provides substantial protection against type 2 diabetes, according to a study published on bmj.com today. The Mediterreanean diet is rich in olive oil, grains, fruits, nuts, vegetables, and fish, but low in meat, dairy products and alcohol.Current evidence suggests that such a diet has a protective role in cardiovascular disease, but little is known about its role on the risk of developing diabetes in healthy populations.The SUN prospective cohort study...
