Longer Life Linked To Specific Foods In Mediterranean Diet

An important look inside the so-called Mediterranean Diet.

The key take-away? Seems like it is the vegetable consumption driving the large benefits found in previous studies!

Longer Life Linked To Specific Foods In Mediterranean Diet:

"Some food groups in the Mediterranean diet are more important than others in promoting health and longer life according to new research published on the British Medical Journal website."

and later:

"The authors maintain that when high intake of vegetables, low intake of meat or moderate alcohol intake were excluded from the rating system, the benefits of following a Mediterranean diet were substantially reduced. They also note that there are clear benefits in combining several of the key components, for example high consumption of vegetables and olive oil.

Professor Trichopoulou, lead author of the study, concludes that the main reasons why the Mediterranean diet can lead to living longer are moderate consumption of ethanol (mostly in the form of wine during meals, as traditionally done in the Mediterranean countries), low consumption of meat and meat products, and high consumption of vegetables, fruits and nuts, olive oil and legumes.

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