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Med diet linked to longer life - study - Nutra USA, 12/12/07 -
"greater adherence to a Med-style diet reduced the
risk of death from cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cancer by 22 and 17 per
cent in men, and 12 per cent for women ... so-called all-cause mortality
(death from all causes) was reduced by 21 per cent among men and 20 per cent
among women with the greatest adherence ... The Mediterranean diet also
includes other important dietary constituents such as fiber and a low
omega-6:omega-3 fatty acid ratio, both of which potentially prevent cancer
initiation and progression" - [Abstract]
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Mediterranean Diet May Help Alzheimer's Patients Live Longer - Science
Daily, 9/10/07 - "Alzheimer's patients who adhered
to the diet to a moderate degree lived an average 1.3 years longer than
those people who least adhered to the diet. And those Alzheimer's patients
who followed the diet very religiously lived an average four years longer"
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Mediterranean Diet Halves Risk Of Progressive Lung Disease - Science
Daily, 5/15/07
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Diet May Influence Alzheimer's Risk - WebMD, 10/9/06 -
"Long suspected of lowering the risk
of heart disease and diabetes, the Mediterranean diet consists of large
amounts of fruits, vegetables, beans, grains, and nuts. Red meats are eaten
only rarely and poultry, eggs, and dairy products are eaten in moderation.
Olive oil and fatty fish are the main sources of fat in the diet ... People
who most closely adhered to the diet had an Alzheimer's risk that was 40% to
65% lower than people who were least likely to follow the diet"
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Erectile Function in Subjects With the Metabolic Syndrome - Medscape,
7/19/06 - "consumption of a
Mediterranean-style diet in men with the metabolic syndrome and ED at baseline
produced significant improvement of erectile and endothelial functions, together
with a significant reduction of systemic vascular inflammation, as indicated by
the reduced levels of CRP"
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Mediterranean
Beats Low-Fat Diet - WebMD, 6/5/06 -
"Compared with the low-fat group,
the two Mediterranean diet groups had bigger improvements in blood pressure,
insulin resistance (a problem which accompanies or precedes type 2
diabetes), markers of inflammation, and levels of cholesterol and other
lipids (blood fats)"
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Mediterranean Diet May Cut Alzheimer's - WebMD, 4/18/06 -
"Scores ranged from 0-9, with higher
scores showing greater adherence to a Mediterranean diet ... those with
middle scores were 15% less likely to have been found to have developed
Alzheimer's disease, and those with the highest scores were 40% less likely
to have been found to have Alzheimer's disease"
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Olive oil—key to Mediterranean diet's benefits - MSNBC, 3/10/06
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Tufts Expert Examines The Cardiovascular Benefits Of A Mediterranean-style
Diet - Science Daily, 2/7/06
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The Disease-Preventive Power of the Mediterranean Diet
- Life Extension Magazine, 7/05
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Mediterranean Diet Linked to Longer Life - WebMD, 4/7/05 -
"a healthy man of 60 who follows the
diet, which is rich in fruits and vegetables and low in meat and dairy, can
expect to live a year longer than a man of the same age who doesn't follow
the diet ... The Mediterranean diet was nearly vegetarian, with fish and
very little meat, and was rich in green vegetables"
- Mediterranean Diet Helps Lower Death Rates - WebMD, 12/9/04 -
"those seniors adhering to the Mediterranean diet had a 23% lower risk of death from all
causes ... seniors who exercised at least 30 minutes every day lowered their risk of death by 37%. Nonsmoking seniors reduced their risk by 35%. Seniors who drank alcohol moderately reduced their risk by 22% ... a senior who adhered to all of these lifestyle changes reduced his risk of death by 65%"
- More good news about the Mediterranean diet - MSNBC, 10/29/04 -
"people who ate a mostly Mediterranean diet, exercised moderately, drank little to moderate amounts of alcohol, and didn’t
smoke had 65 percent fewer deaths than those who followed none or only one of these healthy habits"
- Is the Mediterranean Diet Really Healthier? - Dr. Weil, 10/8/04
- Mediterranean Diet May Be Effective in Reducing Metabolic Syndrome and Associated Symptoms - Doctor's Guide, 9/22/04 -
"after 2 years, patients
in the Mediterranean diet intervention group had significant decreases in body weight, blood pressure, levels of glucose, insulin, total cholesterol, and triglycerides and a significant increase in levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ... Serum concentrations of interleukins 6 (IL-6), 7 (IL-7), and 18
(IL-18) and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) were significantly reduced in patients in the intervention group"
- Mediterranean Diet Improves Survival in Elderly - Medscape, 9/21/04 -
"Among 70- to 90-year-olds, adherence to a Mediterranean diet and healthful lifestyle is
associated with a more than 50% lower rate of all-cause and cause-specific mortality"
- A Lifestyle Blueprint for Long Life - WebMD, 9/21/04
- Is It Better to Eat Like the French? - Dr. Weil, 8/3/04
- Mediterranean Diet Fights Heart Disease - WebMD, 11/11/03
- Mediterranean Diet Lowers C-reactive Protein Levels - Medscape, 11/11/03 -
"For each 10-point increase in diet score, there was a corresponding 0.22 mg/dL
reduction in C-reactive protein levels, a 0.21 pg/ml reduction in interleukin-6, a 12.5 mg/dL decrease in fibrinogen, and a 0.87 mmol/L decrease in homocysteine levels (P < .05), he said. Also, white blood cell count decreased significantly"
- Mediterranean Diet Independently Lowers Cardiovascular Disease Risk - Doctor's Guide, 11/10/03
- Mediterranean diet evidence - jr2.ox.ac.uk. 8/03
- Mediterranean diet 'extends life' - bbc.co.uk. 8/24/03 -
"The[y] found that quercetin, which is abundant in olive oil, has a similar effect"
- Mastering the Mediterranean Diet? - Dr. Weil, 8/14/03
- Add 1 lb. of veggies, olive oil - USA Today, 6/25/03 -
"participants were rated on a scale of 0 to 9, based on how closely they stuck
to the traditional Mediterranean diet. The higher the score, the better the adherence ... A two-point increase in the adherence score was associated with a 25% reduced risk of death from all causes, a 33% reduced risk of death from heart disease and a 24% reduced risk of death from cancer ... People in Greece eat
about a pound of vegetables a day, mostly cooked ... Salads are served with fish, and vegetables like zucchini and spinach are boiled and seasoned with lemon and olive oil"
- Mediterranean Diet: More Than Olive Oil - WebMD, 6/25/03 -
"In addition to having olive oil with most meals, the typical Mediterranean diet is very high
in vegetables, fruits, legumes, nuts, and cereals; moderate in fish intake; and has lower amounts of meat and dairy than the typical American diet. Drinking alcohol is also a frequently practiced dining ritual"
- Mediterranean Diet Cuts Risk Of Cancer In Half - Doctor's Guide, 6/16/98
Abstracts:
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Are
there specific treatments for the metabolic syndrome? - Am J Clin Nutr.
2008 Jan;87(1):8-11 - "Although there is no
"all-inclusive" diet yet, it seems plausible that a Mediterranean-style diet
has most of the desired attributes, including a lower content of refined
carbohydrates, a high content of fiber, a moderate content of fat (mostly
unsaturated), and a moderate-to-high content of vegetable proteins"
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Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet Is Inversely Associated With Circulating
Interleukin-6 Among Middle-Aged Men. A Twin Study - Circulation. 2007
Dec 17 - "A 1-unit within-pair absolute difference
in the diet score was associated with a 9% (95% CI, 4.5 to 13.6) lower
interleukin-6 level"
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Mediterranean Dietary Pattern and Prediction of All-Cause Mortality in a US
Population: Results From the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study - Arch
Intern Med. 2007 Dec 10;167(22):2461-8 - "The
Mediterranean diet was associated with reduced all-cause and cause-specific
mortality. In men, the multivariate HRs comparing high to low conformity for
all-cause, CVD, and cancer mortality were 0.79 (95% CI, 0.76-0.83), 0.78
(95% CI, 0.69-0.87), and 0.83 (95% CI, 0.76-0.91), respectively. In women,
an inverse association was seen with high conformity with this pattern:
decreased risks that ranged from 12% for cancer mortality to 20% for
all-cause mortality (P = .04 and P < .001, respectively, for the trend)"
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Mediterranean Diet, Alzheimer Disease, and Vascular Mediation - Arch
Neurol, 10/9/06 - "Higher adherence
to the MeDi was associated with lower risk for AD (odds ratio, 0.76; 95%
confidence interval, 0.67-0.87; P<.001). Compared with subjects in the
lowest MeDi tertile, subjects in the middle MeDi tertile had an odds ratio
of 0.47 (95% confidence interval, 0.29-0.76) and those at the highest
tertile an odds ratio of 0.32 (95% confidence interval, 0.17-0.59) for AD"
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Mediterranean diet improves erectile function in subjects with the metabolic
syndrome - Int J Impot Res. 2006 Jan 5 -
"Mediterranean-style diet rich in
whole grain, fruits, vegetables, legumes, walnut, and olive oil might be
effective per se in reducing the prevalence of ED in men with the metabolic
syndrome"
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Effect of a mediterranean-style diet on endothelial dysfunction and markers of vascular inflammation in the metabolic syndrome: a randomized trial
- JAMA. 2004 Sep 22;292(12):1440-6 - "A Mediterranean-style diet might be effective in reducing the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome and its associated cardiovascular risk"
- Metabolic syndrome: dietary interventions - Curr Opin Cardiol. 2004 Sep;19(5):473-9 -
"Although there is no "all-inclusive" diet yet, it seems plausible that a Mediterranean-style diet exhibits most of the desired attributes"
- Mediterranean diet improves lipid profiles over three months - Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 2004;13(Suppl):S138 -
"A Mediterranean diet is effective for weight loss over three months and has early favourable effect on HDL and Triglyceride levels and a neutral effect on TC and LDL levels"
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