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Only some parts of Mediterranean diet boost longevity and promote men good health

It is well known that a diet of vegetables, fruits, nuts, olive oil and pulses, washed down with a glass of red wine, is good and helps boost longevity. Specialists call this the traditional Mediterranean diet and claim that it may also help decrease the risk of prostate problems in men.

But a new British study at Harvard School of Public Health concluded some of its food groups are more important than others in promoting good health.

According to British Medical Journal the study claims, that following a Mediterranean diet high in fish, seafood and cereals and low in dairy products are not indicators of a long life.

While explaining the study, which included a survey of 23,000 men and women who were participants in the Greek segment of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC), lead researcher Professor Dimitrios Trichopoulos at the Harvard School of Public Health concluded that the main reasons why the Mediterranean diet can lead to living longer are moderate consumption of ethanol, low consumption of meat and meat products, and high consumption of vegetables, fruits and nuts, olive oil and legumes.

The authors concluded that when high intake of vegetables, low intake of meat or moderate alcohol intake were excluded from the rating system, the benefits of following a Mediterranean diet were substantially reduced.



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