Definitions and potential health benefits of the Mediterranean diet: views from experts around the world

A Trichopoulou, MA Martínez-González, TYN Tong… - BMC medicine, 2014 - Springer
The Mediterranean diet has been linked to a number of health benefits, including reduced
mortality risk and lower incidence of cardiovascular disease. Definitions of the …

Update of the healthy eating index: HEI-2010

PM Guenther, KO Casavale, J Reedy… - Journal of the Academy …, 2013 - Elsevier
The Healthy Eating Index (HEI) is a measure of diet quality in terms of conformance with
federal dietary guidance. Publication of the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans prompted …

Mediterranean diet, stroke, cognitive impairment, and depression: a meta‐analysis

T Psaltopoulou, TN Sergentanis… - Annals of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Objective This meta‐analysis aims to quantitatively synthesize all studies that examine the
association between adherence to a Mediterranean diet and risk of stroke, depression …

Monounsaturated fatty acids, olive oil and health status: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies

L Schwingshackl, G Hoffmann - Lipids in health and disease, 2014 - Springer
Background The aim of the present meta-analysis of cohort studies was to focus on
monounsaturated fat (MUFA) and cardiovascular disease, cardiovascular mortality as well …

Dietary patterns and quality of life in older adults: a systematic review

T Govindaraju, BW Sahle, TA McCaffrey, JJ McNeil… - Nutrients, 2018 - mdpi.com
Dietary patterns may be related to quality of life (QoL) of older adults, although evidence
from literature is conflicting. The demographic shifts toward ageing populations in many …

[HTML][HTML] Higher diet quality is associated with decreased risk of all-cause, cardiovascular disease, and cancer mortality among older adults

J Reedy, SM Krebs-Smith, PE Miller, AD Liese… - The Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Increased attention in dietary research and guidance has been focused on dietary patterns,
rather than on single nutrients or food groups, because dietary components are consumed …

[HTML][HTML] Accruing evidence on benefits of adherence to the Mediterranean diet on health: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis

F Sofi, R Abbate, GF Gensini, A Casini - The American journal of clinical …, 2010 - Elsevier
Background: The Mediterranean diet has long been reported to be protective against the
occurrence of several different health outcomes. Objective: We aimed to update our previous …

[HTML][HTML] The Dietary Patterns Methods Project: synthesis of findings across cohorts and relevance to dietary guidance

AD Liese, SM Krebs-Smith, AF Subar, SM George… - The Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Dietary Patterns Methods Project (DPMP) was initiated in 2012 to strengthen
research evidence on dietary indices, dietary patterns, and health for upcoming revisions of …

Gut microbial diversity is associated with lower arterial stiffness in women

C Menni, C Lin, M Cecelja, M Mangino… - European Heart …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Aims The gut microbiome influences metabolic syndrome (MetS) and inflammation and is
therapeutically modifiable. Arterial stiffness is poorly correlated with most traditional risk …

[HTML][HTML] Associations of key diet-quality indexes with mortality in the Multiethnic Cohort: the Dietary Patterns Methods Project

BE Harmon, CJ Boushey, YB Shvetsov… - The American journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background: Healthy dietary patterns have been linked positively with health and longevity.
However, prospective studies in diverse populations in the United States addressing dietary …