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The main advantage of the Mediterranean diet for women has been named: not only the fight against excess weight
23.06.2024 11:27
Scientists have concluded that women simply need to pay attention to the Mediterranean diet.
In addition to weight control and disease prevention, another property of this diet was discovered if women adhere to it.
Research results
A group of scientists from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) at Harvard Medical School studied this issue.
The results of the work were published in the scientific journal JAMA Network Open.
The Mediterranean diet has been shown to reduce the risk of death in women from various causes.
Research has shown that the risk of mortality in women who follow this diet is reduced by 23%.
In total, the medical records of more than 25,000 women were studied. Doctors monitored their eating habits for 25 years.
Biological changes in a woman's body have been identified that have a direct link to life expectancy.
The benefits of the Mediterranean diet include improved metabolism, normalization of blood pressure, and insulin resistance.
The risk of death from cancer and cardiovascular diseases is reduced.
Food products
Let us remember that the Mediterranean diet involves eating fruits and vegetables, nuts, cereals, legumes and seeds, olive oil, fish and poultry, eggs and dairy products.
Earlier we talked about why it is better to eat potatoes in the first half of the day .
