The Washington Post (11/4,
Searing, 4.28M) reports a Mediterranean-style diet could “improve health in
later life,” citing the Nov. 5 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine. The Post
says researchers “analyzed data on 10,670 women, most in their late 50s and
generally healthy.” Researchers assessed their mental and physical status, as
well as dietary patterns, periodically over the next 15 years. Those who
consumed more “plant-based foods (fruits, vegetables and nuts)” and “less red
and processed meats, and moderate amounts of alcohol” had “about a 40 percent
greater chance of living beyond age 70,” with a healthy life, compared to those
whose diets were least like Mediterranean.
Forbes (11/4, Husten,
6.03M) provides details of the study, noting that “compared to women with the
lowest diet scores, women with diet scores in the highest quintile had a 61% to
80% increase in the odds of becoming a ‘healthy ager.’” The article says taking
into account other known risk factors, “the women in the highest quintile had a
34%-46% increase,” with the trends all highly significant. Moreover, the
healthy agers “also had less hypertension and hypercholesterolemia, exercise
more, and were less likely to be obese or to smoke.”
POSTED BY: Steven
Almany M.D.
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