{"id":1,"date":"2018-03-01T09:42:04","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T07:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aelia4life.com\/?p=1"},"modified":"2018-04-02T21:46:16","modified_gmt":"2018-04-02T18:46:16","slug":"hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aelia4life.com\/el\/hello-world\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mediterranean Diet and Metabolic Syndrome"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The health benefits of the Mediterranean diet have been cited in numerous studies, and now with a\u00a0new large study<\/a>\u00a0confirming that it protects from metabolic syndrome we have yet another reason to adopt this style of eating. But why is this latest study important? We asked\u00a0Dr. Antonis Pothoulakis<\/a>, an\u00a0interventional cardiologist<\/a>\u00a0at the Iasis Clinic in Chania, Crete to comment.<\/p>\n

Pothoulakis explained that the\u00a0metabolic syndrome<\/a>\u00a0is a combination of abdominal obesity, high blood pressure, abnormal cholesterol, and high blood sugar. \u201cMetabolic syndrome is connected to the obesity epidemic of our time, a big belly poisons our metabolism and a poisoned metabolism can result in type 2 diabetes, heart attacks, stroke, or sudden death,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

The new study included data from almost 535,000 people, with the conclusion that a Mediterranean style diet, which includes consumption of monounsaturated fats mainly in the form of olive oil, daily consumption of fruits, vegetables, whole grain cereals, and low-fat dairy products, weekly consumption of \ufb01sh, poultry, legumes, and a relatively low consumption of red meat, may reduce the risk of metabolic syndrome.<\/p>\n

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Pothoulakis noted that following the Mediterranean diet led to a small but statistically significant reduction of metabolic syndrome and improvement in\u00a0all\u00a0<\/em>its individual components (waist circumference, blood pressure, high blood sugar,\u00a0low HDL and high triglycerides).
\nSEE MORE:\u00a0Olive Oil Health Benefits<\/a><\/span>\u201cAs these are average figures it means that some individuals following the Mediterranean diet could get larger improvements and some less or no improvement. But considering the enormity of the obesity and metabolic syndrome problem, it is definitely worthwhile adopting the diet and\u00a0olive oil<\/a>, with their anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory properties,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n

Pothoulakis believes that the latest findings are great news for both the Mediterranean diet and olive oil. \u201cThe studies selected were of very good quality and the researchers used much \u201charder\u201d, that is scientifically more accurate,\u00a0end-points such as waist circumference, blood pressure and blood sugar,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n

However, Pothoulakis\u00a0pointed out, the Mediterranean diet and olive oil use alone cannot protect us against heart attacks and stroke. \u201cWe also need to modify the other two, very important lifestyle behaviors; smoking and exercise, as well as implement early and aggressive treatment of high blood pressure, abnormal cholesterol and high blood sugar,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

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