[PDF] Mediterranean Diet | Semantic Scholar (2024)

High MD adherence was correlated with favorable quality of life, higher levels of physical activity, and a more adequate sleep quality score, impacting overall wellbeing in this age group.

The main conclusions of the study are that the students participating in the study have a good knowledge about the Mediterranean Food Pattern and show a high level of adherence to it.

The Mediterranean diet appears to be the most well-recognized diet, exerting favorable effects against both obesity and diabetes, and the need for tailored dietary approaches and especially the MD is emphasized.

Improving adherence to the Mediterranean Diet through a bio-psycho social and sociotype approach is improved.

It is suggested that adherence to a well-balanced, nutritious diet and activity may improve the parameters of glycemic control and provide benefits to body composition that help to manage and prevent the development of T2DM.

Assessment of adherence to the Mediterranean diet and particular food choices among the Mediterranean and non-Mediterranean populations of university students and its lifestyle correlates at the outburst of the COVID-19 pandemic revealed that vegetables, olive oil, fruits, nuts, legumes, and fish were remarkably underconsumed.

The Olive oil and pepper fruits are among the most consumed nutrients in the Mediterranean diet; their richness in naturally powerful antioxidants, such as alpha-tocopherols, polyphenols, carotenoïds, and capsaicinoïds constitutes good health protection against oxidative damages and inflammation.

Evidence is collected about different nutritional approaches such as the Mediterranean diet and the ketogenic diet, as well as bariatric surgery and nutraceutical supplementation as probiotics, prebiotics, and synbiotics, among the others, used in patients with PCOS.

This first study analyzing the DNAmTL estimator, genetics, and modulation by the MedDiet found that fruits, fish, “sofrito”, and whole grains exhibited the strongest associations in women and the novel score combining these items was significantly associated in the whole population.

The evidence of this study demonstrated that β-carotene supplementation had no beneficial effects on CVD incidence and potential harmful effects onCVD mortality, and cigarettes smoking was shown to be a risk behavior associated with increased cardiovascular incidence and mortality in the β- carotene intervention group.

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The work of Ancel Keys in the 1950s established the largely plant-based Mediterranean diet as the original prototype for current dietary guidelines in the United States and elsewhere, and the Mediterranean diet can be recommended for both its health benefits and its palatability.

A food pyramid that reflects Mediterranean dietary traditions, which historically have been associated with good health, is presented, which describes a dietary pattern that is attractive for its famous palatability as well as for its health benefits.

It is concluded that a diet that adheres to the principles of the traditional Mediterranean diet is associated with longer survival among Australians of either Greek or Anglo-Celtic origin.

This review will focus on the origins of the Mediterranean diet from its roots and its relationship to cardiovascular disease, with a brief overview of the nutritional mechanisms that influence atherosclerosis.

Analyses of the dietary pattern of the diet of Crete shows a number of protective substances, such as selenium, glutathione, high amounts of fiber, antioxidants, vitamins E and C, some of which have been shown to be associated with lower risk of cancer, including cancer of the breast.

Analysis of World Health Organization standardized mortality data and the only available data on food patterns throughout the region, the Food and Agriculture Organization food balance sheets, from the early 1960s to the present indicates some similarities in the food availability patterns of Mediterranean countries.

It is concluded that the satisfying flavors of the Mediterranean diet provide the best chance of influencing people to abandon unhealthy foods in favor of fresh vegetables, fruit, grains, and olive oil.

The results suggest that adherence to an a priori defined Mediterranean dietary pattern and its components with dementia and specific aspects of cognitive function in a representative population cohort in Greece are associated with better cognitive performance and lower dementia rates in Greek elders.

There appears to exist sufficient evidence that diet does indeed influence longevity and an optimal diet for the prevention of both coronary heart disease and cancer is likely to extensively overlap with the traditional Mediterranean diet.

Study among the elderly in Greece, Denmark, Australia, Spain and China have shown that the overall Mediterranean dietary pattern was more important for longevity than single nutrients, suggesting that a Mediterranean diet is associated with longer survival.

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