Mediterranean Diet Leads To Healthy Brains

Looked at the eating habits of over one and a half million individuals

More good news for proponents of the Mediterranean diet has come to light after a recent study published in by a leading medical journal claims that individuals who followed the diet were less likely to suffer from Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer's disease and heart disease. The Alzheimer's Society, which is a leading charity for the condition said that the diet appeared to lower the chances of suffering from dementia in old age and that there was a link between a healthy heart and a healthy brain.

The study which was done by the University of Florence involved looking at the medical records and eating habits of over one and a half million individuals. It became clear that those individuals who consumed large amounts of vegetables, fruit, whole grains and fish tended to suffer from lower rates of the aforementioned illnesses.

The Mediterranean diet is characterised by eating foods rich in antioxidants and omega 3 fatty acids which have both been linked to slowing down the degenerative process of ageing. At Ukmedix News we have often promoted the Mediterranean diet because we believe it is one of the most practical and realistic diets for an individual to follow. It has a huge variety of different very tasty foodstuffs that you can eat.  It is no point following a diet that you do not enjoy eating because in time it will wear you down and you will revert to bad eating habits. 

The Mediterranean diet because it is a tasty diet has lower rates of failure and giving up than with people who try to follow very low fat diets. In fact the Mediterranean diet is not really a diet but more of a lifestyle which has been tested out for millennia and which produces some of the lowest rates of obesity in the world for those nations who citizens adhere to it.