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The Gut Microbiota Makeover: How the Mediterranean Diet Transforms Your Health
Consumption of the Mediterranean diet is associated with a different microbiota composition compared to Western-type dietary patterns. The microbiota composition associated with MD is characterized by higher microbial biodiversity. This characteristic of gut microbiota is defined as "α-diversity," demonstrating the number of species present in the microbiota and is associated with the health of individuals
You Can Add 10 Years to Your Life Simply by Changing Diet
A new study analyzing food intake data and health outcomes of nearly half a million UK residents has found that switching to a healthy diet – and sticking to it – can add up to 10 years to your life.
Read Chef Giuseppe's answer to an interested customer
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Exciting news!
Finally, after two years of dedicated work on the vision of Meals For Longevity, I had the opportunity to use my very first recipe for its final review.
Bowl meals style are under testing for the Mediterranean Diet Pyramid
Chef Giuseppe Urbano is testing bowl style recipes inspired by a modern way of eating found in healthy fast food restaurants.
May 2023-What’s happening?
We are nearly finished with the final testing for 40 meals (20 lunches and 20 dinners). This will provide you with a large number of opportunities to create several weeks' worth of Mediterranean Diet weekly meal plans.
March 2023-What’s happening?
Two years have passed since our initial vision, followed by studies, applications, and testing. E-recipes for the Mediterranean diet are now being published online!
The artificial sweetener erythritol and cardiovascular event risk
This research shows an association between erythritol consumption and cardiovascular disease. The studies included in this analysis also suggest a possible mechanism of action: a prothrombotic effect of erythritol on platelets, possibly at levels of consumption considered safe by the FDA. Providers may consider these findings when counseling patients on weight loss and low-calorie sweeteners.
The Mediterranean Diet and its health benefits for Colorectal cancer
Specific ingredients of Mediterranean diet could prevent colorectal cancer by either reducing inflammation or preserving a healthy microbiota in the intestine.
The Mediterranean Diet and its health benefits for diabetes
The Mediterranean diet for type 1 diabetes
Association of Dietary Patterns with Parkinson’s Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study Based on the United States National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey Database
The odds of Parkinson’s disease decreased by higher Mediterranean diet adherence and increased by higher Western pattern adherence, especially sweets intake in this pattern, suggesting population ≥50 years should adhere to Mediterranean diet pattern and decrease the adherence to Western pattern, reducing the intake of sweets.
The Mediterranean Diet and its health benefits during the pregnancy
When expecting a baby the Mediterranean Diet can play an important role..
Lifestyle Tools for Men's Health and Disease Prevention: Well-being- Nutrition, Physical Activity, Stress Management, Connection
A holistic, systems approach is necessary to truly prevent disease and cultivate well-being using the lifestyle intervention tools of nutrition, physical activity, stress management, and connection.
Mediterranean diet, physical activity, and family characteristics associated with cognitive performance in Italian primary school children: analysis of the I-MOVE project
Are you thinking in giving to your children the best healthy eating options?
Want to Live Longer and Healthier? Tap into the Healing Power of Community
Loneliness doubled mortality risk for women and nearly
doubled it for men.
Association Between Consumption of Ultraprocessed Foods and Cognitive Decline
A higher percentage of daily energy consumption of ultraprocessed foods was associated with cognitive decline among adults from an ethnically diverse sample. These findings support current public health recommendations on limiting ultraprocessed food consumption because of their potential harm to cognitive function.
Adherence to the mediterranean diet improved clinical scores and inflammatory markers in children with active inflammatory bowel disease: A randomized trial
Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet improves clinical scores and inflammatory markers in children and adolescents with mild-moderate active IBD.
Dietary Acid Load (DAL), Glycated Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), and Metabolic Syndrome (MeS) Mediate the Association of the Adherence to the Dietary Approaches to Stopping Hypertension (DASH)
Nutrition is one of the most critical factors affecting the development of NAFLD. The different dietary patterns and habits can prevent or, conversely, increase the progression of NAFLD (14, 15). The relationship between dietary patterns and NAFLD has been evaluated in several studies and it has been shown that the Mediterranean diet and Adherence to the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) were inversely associated with NAFLD.
Adherence to the mediterranean diet in pregnancy and its benefits on maternal-fetal health
The MD is optimal to ensure an adequate supply of nutrients during pregnancy. It provides all the energy and nutrients required to allow fetal growth and development, protecting from the development of obstetric pathologies including complications of childbirth, infections and alteration in fetal growth. The MD diet also can prevent some maternal complications such as diabetes, sleep quality and overweight or obesity.
Protective Role of the Mediterranean Diet against the Development of Age-Related Cognitive Disorders: An Umbrella Review of Meta-Analyses Proceedings 2022, 69, x
This umbrella review was aimed at understanding if the Mediterranean diet can have a protective role against the development of age-related cognitive disorders.
- active inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
- adiposity
- age related cognitive disorders
- Alzheimer's disease
- anti-atherosclerotic
- anti-cancer
- anti-inflammatory
- antibacterial
- antifungal
- antioxidant
- artherothrombotic disease
- atrial fibrillation
- better sleep quality
- blood pressure (BP)
- breast cancer
- cardiometabolic disease
- cardiovascular disease
- cardiovascular disease (CVD)
- cardiovascular diseases
- central adiposity
- cerebral disorders
- chronic kidney disease (CKD)
- cirrhosis
- cognitive decline
- cognitive health
- colorectal cancer
- coronary heart disease
- cryptorchidism
- degenerative disease
- depression
- diabetes
- dyslipidemia
- F.A.Q.
- gastroschisis
- gestational diabetes
- gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)
- healthy aging
- heart disease
- hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
- high blood pressure
- hypercholesterolemia
- hyperinsulinemia
- hypertension
- hypospadias
- ischemic heart disease
- ischemic stroke
- live longer
- longevity
- male infertility
- mediterranean diet
- mental health
- metabolic disease
- metabolic syndrome
- metabolic syndrome (MeS)
- nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)
- nonfatal myocardial infraction
- obesity
- overweight
- Parkinson's disease
- Parkinson's disease (PD)
- postpartum depression (PPD)
- prematurity
- reproductive dysfunctions
- sleep quality
- stress
- stroke
- testicular cancer
- thrombotic stroke
- type 2 diabetes (T2D)
- type 2 diabetes mellitus
- type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM)
- urinary tract infections (UTI)
- vascular dementia
- visceral obesity
- weight gain
- weight loss
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