Here we go again: all cause death reduced by Med diet

Somebody said...
"The diet regime is already known to have a powerful protective effect against a number of diseases, including diabetes and cancer. ...............In fact, many scientific studies have shown that a traditional Mediterranean lifestyle is associated with a lower risk of various chronic diseases and, more importantly, of death from any cause.

"But so far research has focused on the general population, which is mainly composed of healthy people. What happens to people who have already suffered from cardiovascular disease? Is the Mediterranean diet optimal for them too?”

He said the research suggested exactly this, with the Med diet showing a "powerful" effect, cutting deaths from all causes ................."We found that among those with a higher adherence to the Mediterranean diet, death from any cause was reduced by 37 per cent in comparison to those who poorly adhered to this dietary regime.................A previous study of 92 trials involving 200,000 patients found that people with heart disease were 18 per cent less likely to die early if they took statins..............Prof de Gaetano said: ”This was an observational study so we cannot say that the effect is causal. We expect that dietary effects on mediators common to chronic diseases such as inflammation might result in the reduction of mortality from any cause but further research is needed."

British experts said the "powerful anti-inflammatory effects" of foods such as olive oil, oily fish, nuts and vegetables was likely to make the difference.

InTheShop said...
I don't do a med diet.
Guess that means, I am going to die.

Clocknut said...
Apparently you have about a 37% chance of never dying for any reason. Cool!