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Researchers looked at the effects on the gut microbiome in over 600 European-based residents who followed the Mediterranean diet for 12 months. What they found was that, independent of age and ...
Over nearly 25 years, women who had the greatest adherence to the Mediterranean diet had a 23% lower risk of death than women who followed it the least, a new study finds. The more women followed ...
New research confirms Mediterranean diet’s protective effect on heart health. Image credit: Ina Peters/ Stocksy . Heart failure is a major health issue associated with mortality and high ...
The US 2015–2020 national guidelines devised a "Healthy Mediterranean-Style Eating Pattern", assessed against and mirroring the Mediterranean diet patterns and its positive health outcomes. It was designed from the "Healthy U.S.-Style Eating Pattern", but it contains more fruits and seafood, and less dairy. [ 11 ]
How the Mediterranean diet affects cardiometabolic health As noted in this study, cardiometabolic diseases include conditions like stroke , heart attack, and type 2 diabetes.
A low sodium diet has a useful effect to reduce blood pressure, both in people with hypertension and in people with normal blood pressure. [7] Taken together, a low salt diet (median of approximately 4.4 g/day – approx 1800 mg sodium) in hypertensive people resulted in a decrease in systolic blood pressure by 4.2 mmHg, and in diastolic blood pressure by 2.1 mmHg.
Another 2014 review found that adherence to the Mediterranean diet was associated with a decreased risk of death from cancer. [27] A 2017 review found a decreased rate of cancer, although evidence was weak. [28] An updated review in 2021 found that the Mediterranean diet is associated with a 13% lower risk of cancer mortality in the general ...
Researchers found that the Mediterranean diet's effect on blood sugar could be a ticket to better brain health. Reviewed by Dietitian Annie Nguyen, M.A., RD