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Research shows our bodies go through rapid changes in our 40s and our 60s
Research shows our bodies go through rapid changes in our 40s and our 60s
“Planeterranea”: An attempt to broaden the beneficial effects of the Mediterranean diet worldwide
“Planeterranea”: An attempt to broaden the beneficial effects of the Mediterranean diet worldwide
You Can Add 10 Years to Your Life Simply by Changing Diet
A new study analyzing food intake data and health outcomes of nearly half a million UK residents has found that switching to a healthy diet – and sticking to it – can add up to 10 years to your life.
Exciting news!
Finally, after two years of dedicated work on the vision of Meals For Longevity, I had the opportunity to use my very first recipe for its final review.
The Mediterranean Diet and its health benefits for Colorectal cancer
Specific ingredients of Mediterranean diet could prevent colorectal cancer by either reducing inflammation or preserving a healthy microbiota in the intestine.
The Mediterranean Diet and its health benefits for diabetes
The Mediterranean diet for type 1 diabetes
Association of Dietary Patterns with Parkinson’s Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study Based on the United States National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey Database
The odds of Parkinson’s disease decreased by higher Mediterranean diet adherence and increased by higher Western pattern adherence, especially sweets intake in this pattern, suggesting population ≥50 years should adhere to Mediterranean diet pattern and decrease the adherence to Western pattern, reducing the intake of sweets.
The Mediterranean Diet and its health benefits during the pregnancy
When expecting a baby the Mediterranean Diet can play an important role..
Lifestyle Tools for Men's Health and Disease Prevention: Well-being- Nutrition, Physical Activity, Stress Management, Connection
A holistic, systems approach is necessary to truly prevent disease and cultivate well-being using the lifestyle intervention tools of nutrition, physical activity, stress management, and connection.
Mediterranean diet, physical activity, and family characteristics associated with cognitive performance in Italian primary school children: analysis of the I-MOVE project
Are you thinking in giving to your children the best healthy eating options?
Want to Live Longer and Healthier? Tap into the Healing Power of Community
Loneliness doubled mortality risk for women and nearly
doubled it for men.
Adherence to the mediterranean diet improved clinical scores and inflammatory markers in children with active inflammatory bowel disease: A randomized trial
Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet improves clinical scores and inflammatory markers in children and adolescents with mild-moderate active IBD.
Adherence to the mediterranean diet in pregnancy and its benefits on maternal-fetal health
The MD is optimal to ensure an adequate supply of nutrients during pregnancy. It provides all the energy and nutrients required to allow fetal growth and development, protecting from the development of obstetric pathologies including complications of childbirth, infections and alteration in fetal growth. The MD diet also can prevent some maternal complications such as diabetes, sleep quality and overweight or obesity.
Protective Role of the Mediterranean Diet against the Development of Age-Related Cognitive Disorders: An Umbrella Review of Meta-Analyses Proceedings 2022, 69, x
This umbrella review was aimed at understanding if the Mediterranean diet can have a protective role against the development of age-related cognitive disorders.
High compliance to mediterranean diet associates with lower platelet activation and liver collagen deposition in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
The Mediterranean diet (Med-Diet) is considered the most effective dietary patterns to obtain weight loss in NAFLD patients.
Mediterranean diet as a shield against male infertility and cancer risk induced by environmental pollutants: a focus on flavonoids
Flavonoids are acknowledged for their beneficial effects on human health, including the mitigation of health risks from environmental pollutants. As here reviewed, the impairment of male fertility and gonadal development, as well as progression of cancers of reproductive systems of both sexes, due to the exposure of organic and inorganic pollutants, seemed to be counteracted by flavonoids in several pre-clinical and clinical studies.
Associations of adherence to the DASH diet and the Mediterranean diet with all-cause mortality in various glucose
Adherence to the Mediterranean diet (aMED >median) was associated with reduced all-cause mortality in a general population. For people with diabetes, a dietary pattern concordant with both the DASH diet and the Mediterranean diet (DASH score >median and aMED >median) was associated with a lower risk of mortality.
Adherence to the Mediterranean diet and its association with sleep quality and chronotype among youth: a cross-sectional study
Good adherence to the Mediterranean diet among university students is more associated with mornings chronotype and improved overall sleep quality and sleep components.
The Rise and Fall of the Mediterranean Diet and Related Nutrients in Preventing Diabetes
Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet affords sustained protection against type 2 diabetes and other insulin resistance states.
A Mediterranean diet and low-fat vegan diet to improve body weight and cardiometabolic risk factors: a cross-over trial
The present study compared a Mediterranean and a vegan diet for their effects on weight and cardiometabolic parameters, using a cross-over design. Based on the findings of prior studies, it tested the hypothesis that, compared with a Mediterranean diet, a low-fat vegan diet results in greater changes in body weight, total and LDL-cholesterol concentrations, and insulin sensitivity.
- active inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
- adiposity
- age related cognitive disorders
- Alzheimer's disease
- anti-atherosclerotic
- anti-cancer
- anti-inflammatory
- antibacterial
- antifungal
- antioxidant
- artherothrombotic disease
- atrial fibrillation
- better sleep quality
- blood pressure (BP)
- breast cancer
- cardiometabolic disease
- cardiovascular disease
- cardiovascular disease (CVD)
- cardiovascular diseases
- central adiposity
- cerebral disorders
- chronic kidney disease (CKD)
- cirrhosis
- cognitive decline
- cognitive health
- colorectal cancer
- coronary heart disease
- cryptorchidism
- degenerative disease
- depression
- diabetes
- dyslipidemia
- F.A.Q.
- gastroschisis
- gestational diabetes
- gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)
- healthy aging
- heart disease
- hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
- high blood pressure
- hypercholesterolemia
- hyperinsulinemia
- hypertension
- hypospadias
- ischemic heart disease
- ischemic stroke
- live longer
- longevity
- male infertility
- mediterranean diet
- mental health
- metabolic disease
- metabolic syndrome
- metabolic syndrome (MeS)
- nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)
- nonfatal myocardial infraction
- obesity
- overweight
- Parkinson's disease
- Parkinson's disease (PD)
- postpartum depression (PPD)
- prematurity
- reproductive dysfunctions
- sleep quality
- stress
- stroke
- testicular cancer
- thrombotic stroke
- type 2 diabetes (T2D)
- type 2 diabetes mellitus
- type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM)
- urinary tract infections (UTI)
- vascular dementia
- visceral obesity
- weight gain
- weight loss
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