Editor's Choice Academic Journal Main Category: Nutrition / Diet Article Date: 03 Jun 2012 - 11:00 PDT
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The diet is characterized by the consumption of fish, olive oil, nuts, pulses, vegetables, and fruit.
In order to determine how much the Mediterranean diet impacts quality of life, researchers examined over 11,000 university students over a period of four years. The study, which was conducted by researchers at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the University of Navarra (both in Spain), is published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Patricia Henrquez Snchez, researcher at the centre in the Canary Islands and lead author of the study, said:
At the start of the study, the researchers asked participants to provide information on their dietary intake. In order to determine whether the diet was followed, consumption of fish, fruit, pulses, nuts, cereals, and vegetables was positively valued and consumption of meat, alcohol, and dairy products was negatively valued. The researchers measured self-perceived quality of life after the four year monitoring period using a questionnaire.
The Mediterranean diet is based on lots of fruit and vegetables, and lean animal sourced proteins
The researchers found that participants who stuck to the diet more had better physical and mental well-being and significantly better physical quality of life.
Henrquez said "the Mediterranean diet is an important factor associated with better quality of life and can be considered as a healthy food model."
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