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Mediterranean diet adds years to your life
January 18, 2012 • Health, Lead2 • 4 Comments
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• BENEFICIAL: A diet high in fruits, vegetables, fish and wholegrain cereals |
THE Mediterranean diet, long renowned for its health benefits, could actually add three years to your life.
According to researchers the diet – high in fruits, vegetables, fish and wholegrain cereals – provides a rich source of anti-oxidants that prevent cancer, heart disease and can even slow the ageing process.
Indeed scientists from Sweden’s University of Gothenburg who studied the eating habits of 1,200 over-70s found participants who followed a Mediterranean style diet were 20 per cent more likely to be alive eight years later and lived far longer on average.
“In practice older people who eat a Mediterranean diet live an estimated two to three years longer than those who don’t,” explained Gianluca Tognon, whose study is published in the journal Age.
“There is no doubt that a Mediterranean diet is linked to better health.”
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…. nothing like frying fish & vegetables to kill the nutrients, fruit is for export to quirilandia – local fruit is called chuche and the wholemeal stuff whatever that is was illegally imported from Norther Europe ……
Why do they call it the Mediterranean Diet ?
Frying vegetables? You do have some strange culinary habits, Sharon.
Crunchy & Greasy
Name of my favorite restaurant.
Microwaved marshmallows for desert
I ate a fried mars bar once. You should try it Sharon; it satisifes both the crunchy and greasy elements (and sweet too).