Latest Research Shows 23% Reduced Risk Of Early Death With Med Diet
Summary
- New research shows a link between adherence to the Mediterranean Diet – including extra virgin olive oil – and reduced risk of early death in women.
- Study findings indicate changes in biomarkers of metabolism, inflammation, insulin resistance – all of which contribute to substantial long-term health benefits.
- Extra virgin olive oil has long been linked to increased longevity and reduced risk of death from heart disease, stroke or cancer.
- Olive oil is also a well-known part of the Mediterranean diet, which is a dietary pattern associated with better heart and circulatory health.
Contents
- New Research Links Reduced Early Death Risk With Mediterranean Diet
- Mediterranean Diet With Extra Virgin Olive Oil : The Latest Study
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil And Longevity
New Research Links Reduced Early Death Risk With Mediterranean Diet
Researchers say the olive oil powered, plant-based Mediterranean Diet can have a major boost to women’s life expectancy, reducing risk of cancer and cardiovascular disease.
The study, by Bringham and Women’s Hospital, reveals that women who have followed the diet for 25 years cut the risk of an early death down by 23%.
The long-term health benefits are from the healthy effect the diet have on metabolism, inflammation and insulin resistance.
Mediterranean Diet With Extra Virgin Olive Oil : The Latest Study
According to a Scitechdaily.com report, researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital have explored and analyzed the fundamental reasons that might account for the Mediterranean diet’s 23 percent decrease in overall mortality risk among American women.
Researchers explored and evaluated the potential underlying mechanisms that could account for the 23 percent decrease in all-cause mortality risk among American women following the Mediterranean diet.
The study followed more than 25,000 initially healthy U.S. women for up to 25 years, researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham healthcare system, found that participants who had greater Mediterranean diet intake had up to 23% lower risk of all-cause mortality, with benefits for both cancer mortality and cardiovascular mortality.
The researchers found evidence of biological changes that may help explain why: they detected changes in biomarkers of metabolism, inflammation, insulin resistance, and more. Results are published in JAMA.
“For women who want to live longer, our study says watch your diet! The good news is that following a Mediterranean dietary pattern could result in about one quarter reduction in risk of death over more than 25 years with benefit for both cancer and cardiovascular mortality, the top causes of death in women (and men) in the US and globally.”
Samia Mora, MD, a cardiologist and the director of the Center for Lipid Metabolomics at the Brigham.
“Our research provides significant public health insight: even modest changes in established risk factors for metabolic diseases—particularly those linked to small molecule metabolites, inflammation, triglyceride-rich lipoproteins, obesity, and insulin resistance—can yield substantial long-term benefits from following a Mediterranean diet. This finding underscores the potential of encouraging healthier dietary habits to reduce the overall risk of mortality.”
Shafqat Ahmad, PhD, an associate professor of Epidemiology at Uppsala University Sweden
Extra Virgin Olive Oil And Longevity
As well as following The Mediterranean Diet as a whole, introducing more extra virgin olive oil in your diet alone can have a positive impact on your longevity.
A number of recent studies have found that olive oil could reduce your risk of death, including from heart disease, stroke, cancer and dementia. News stories about this research reported that olive oil can reduce the risk of fatal heart disease and other diseases. The Times carried two articles about the research, a news story and a feature which included an interview with the study author. The Mail article did explain that the results had been adjusted to take other factors into account.
The British Heart Foundation looked behind the headlines to give their own view.
The study, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, analysed the diet of around 90,000 men and women over a 28-year period. None of them had heart or circulatory disease or cancer at the outset. Every four years they were asked how often they ate specific foods.
Researchers found those who consumed the most olive oil (more than half a tablespoon a day) were less likely to die from any cause, including heart disease or stroke, cancer, lung disease and neurodegenerative disease (such as Alzheimer’s disease or vascular dementia).
