An analysis of health and dietary data for more than 8,500 pregnant women found that greater adherence to a Mediterranean-style eating plan was associated with a lower risk of preeclampsia, which is a pregnancy complication characterized by severe high blood pressure that can be serious or even fatal for both mother and child.
Greater adherence to the Mediterranean diet which had been assessed through an index made with biomarkers during a 20-year scientific monitoring is associated with lower mortality in adults over 65. This is one of the main conclusions of a study led by Cristina Andru00e9s-Lacueva, head of the Research Group on Biomarkers and Nutritional & Food Metabolomics of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences of the University of Barcelona (UB) and the CIBER on Fragility and Healthy Ageing (CIBERFES), also formed by the Food Innovation Network of Catalonia (XIA).
In Alzheimer's disease, neurons in the brain die. Largely responsible for the death of neurons are certain protein deposits in the brains of affected individuals: So-called beta-amyloid proteins, which form clumps (plaques) between neurons, and tau proteins, which stick together the inside of neurons. The causes of these deposits are as yet unclear. In addition, a rapidly progressive atrophy, i.e. a shrinking of the brain volume, can be observed in affected persons. Alzheimer's symptoms such as memory loss, disorientation, agitation and challenging behavior are the consequences.
While there were no differences in brain physiology found, close adherence to the Mediterranean diet resulted in higher memory and thinking test scores, according to a recent study published in Science Direct: Experimental Gerontology.u00a0
The Mediterranean/MED diet has become pretty popular, this is for good reasons, and it has been shown to be the most widely adopted and praised sustainable dietary pattern to follow for the benefits of improved health and avoidance of chronic diseases.
According to a study published in the Journal of Hepatology conducted by researchers from the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel working in...
Mediterranean diets are considered to be one of the healthiest beneficial diets to promote weight loss that is low in red meat and free of added sugars and processed foods; according to a study published in JAMA Network open it can also boost heart health among women.
Consuming a Mediterranean type diet may help to reduce bone loss in patients with osteoporosis, according to researchers from the University of East Anglia, as published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
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Findings show that maintaining a Mediterranean type diet which is rich in fruit, vegetables, nuts, unrefined cereals, olive oil, and fish can help to reduce hip bone loss within 12 months, in what may be the first long term pan-European clinical trial to investigate impacts of Mediterranean diets on bone health in older populations.
Correlations between following a Mediterranean diet and effects on healthy aging have been released in a series of 6 articles which also suggests to use caution in use of the data to measure the diet patternu2019s potential benefits as published in The Journals of Gerontology, Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences.
