Introduction to the Health Benefits of Mediterranean-Style Dietary Patterns

2014 ◽  
pp. 85-88
Author(s):  
John J.B. Anderson ◽  
Marilyn C. Sparling
Keyword(s):  
Dietary Patterns ◽  
Health Benefits

Functional Foods and Cardiac Health

2017 ◽  
pp. 16-41
Author(s):  
Santosh Jain Passi
Keyword(s):  
Primary Prevention ◽  
Cohort Studies ◽  
Dietary Supplements ◽  
Dietary Patterns ◽  
Functional Foods ◽  
Health Benefits ◽  
Functional Health ◽  
Active Components ◽  
Potential Health ◽  
Traditional Medicines

Functional foods containing physiologically-active components, have been reported to confer several health benefits. Longitudinal cohort studies indicate that certain foods and dietary patterns play an important role in primary prevention of numerous disease conditions and this has led to the identification of putative functional foods. Research is necessary to substantiate the potential health benefits of various functional foods for which the diet–health relationships have yet not been scientifically validated. The term ‘functional foods' may include health/functional health foods, foods fortified with minerals/vitamins, dietary supplements or even the traditional medicines (Zawistowski, 2014).

scholarly journals Vegetarian diets, low-meat diets and health: a review

2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. 2287-2294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire T McEvoy ◽  
Norman Temple ◽  
Jayne V Woodside
Keyword(s):  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Dietary Patterns ◽  
Health Benefits ◽  
Red Meat ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Processed Meat ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Vegetarian Diets

AbstractObjectiveTo review the epidemiological evidence for vegetarian diets, low-meat dietary patterns and their association with health status in adults.DesignPublished literature review focusing primarily on prospective studies and meta-analyses examining the association between vegetarian diets and health outcomes.ResultsBoth vegetarian diets and prudent diets allowing small amounts of red meat are associated with reduced risk of diseases, particularly CHD and type 2 diabetes. There is limited evidence of an association between vegetarian diets and cancer prevention. Evidence linking red meat intake, particularly processed meat, and increased risk of CHD, cancer and type 2 diabetes is convincing and provides indirect support for consumption of a plant-based diet.ConclusionsThe health benefits of vegetarian diets are not unique. Prudent plant-based dietary patterns which also allow small intakes of red meat, fish and dairy products have demonstrated significant improvements in health status as well. At this time an optimal dietary intake for health status is unknown. Plant-based diets contain a host of food and nutrients known to have independent health benefits. While vegetarian diets have not shown any adverse effects on health, restrictive and monotonous vegetarian diets may result in nutrient deficiencies with deleterious effects on health. For this reason, appropriate advice is important to ensure a vegetarian diet is nutritionally adequate especially for vulnerable groups.

scholarly journals Health benefits of Mediterranean and non-Mediterranean dietary pattern in different cultural contexts

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
L Iacoviello ◽  
M Bonaccio
Keyword(s):  
Mortality Risk ◽  
Dietary Patterns ◽  
Dietary Habits ◽  
Disease Risk ◽  
Health Benefits ◽  
Public Health Perspective ◽  
Mediterranean Populations ◽  
Nordic Diet ◽  
High Adherence ◽  
Cvd Mortality

Abstract Description of the problem The increasing globalization of diet and dietary habits resulting from the large availability and diversity of food poses new questions for the actual health benefits of different dietary patterns in populations not traditionally exposed to a certain dietary model. Consuming a traditional Mediterranean diet (MD) has been found to be associated with lower mortality/disease risk also in non-Mediterranean populations but it is unclear whether healthful non-Mediterranean (non-MD) diets may reflect protective dietary patterns in Mediterranean populations. Results Data from the Moli-sani Study showed that participants reporting high adherence to the MD or the DASH diet experienced lower risk of both all-cause and CVD death risks. On the other side, risk reduction associated with the Palaeolithic diet was limited to total and other cause death, whereas the Nordic diet did not alter risk of mortality. Increasing adherence to MD was also associated with higher survival in each stratum of non-MD diets, suggesting that a closer high adherence to a traditional MD may counterbalance the weak effects on CVD mortality risk associated with non-MD diets. Similarly, data form the Swedish Mammography Cohort indicated an advantage to be adherent to the MD as compared to a healthy Nordic diet. Conclusions From a public health perspective, these data provide further incentive and support to the efforts aimed to preserving a traditional MD in order to prolong survival among Mediterranean populations, and to reduce CVD mortality risk. Evidence on the health effects deriving from classifying participants in joint exposure strata reflecting the combined adherence to different diets is scarce but more efforts should be made to see whether, at a time of food globalization, healthy dietary patterns are possibly interchangeable among populations.

Functional Foods and Cardiac Health

2019 ◽  
pp. 304-329
Author(s):  
Santosh Jain Passi
Keyword(s):  
Primary Prevention ◽  
Cohort Studies ◽  
Dietary Supplements ◽  
Dietary Patterns ◽  
Functional Foods ◽  
Health Benefits ◽  
Functional Health ◽  
Active Components ◽  
Potential Health ◽  
Traditional Medicines

Functional foods containing physiologically-active components, have been reported to confer several health benefits. Longitudinal cohort studies indicate that certain foods and dietary patterns play an important role in primary prevention of numerous disease conditions and this has led to the identification of putative functional foods. Research is necessary to substantiate the potential health benefits of various functional foods for which the diet–health relationships have yet not been scientifically validated. The term ‘functional foods' may include health/functional health foods, foods fortified with minerals/vitamins, dietary supplements or even the traditional medicines (Zawistowski, 2014).

scholarly journals Coconuts and Health: Different Chain Lengths of Saturated Fats Require Different Consideration

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 59
Author(s):  
Susan Hewlings
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Heart Disease ◽  
Dietary Patterns ◽  
Health Benefits ◽  
Saturated Fat ◽  
Fat Intake ◽  
Medium Chain ◽  
Saturated Fats ◽  
Saturated Fat Intake ◽  
Chain Fatty Acids

The diet heart hypothesis has driven nutrition recommendations and policy for decades. Recent studies have questioned the hypothesis and sparked great controversy over the assumed connection between saturated fat intake and heart disease. Recent evidence suggests that dietary patterns should be the focus of dietary recommendations, not any one food or nutrient. Furthermore, to classify foods as simply saturated fat, polyunsaturated or monounsaturated fats is to ignore the many other potential nutrients and health benefits. Coconut is classified as a saturated fat and therefore listed as a food to limit to reduce heart disease risk. However, different saturated fats, medium-chain or long-chain, act differently metabolically and thus have different health effects. The medium-chain fatty acids predominate in coconut are absorbed differently and have been associated with several health benefits, including improvements in cognitive function and a more favorable lipid profile compared to longer chain fatty acids. Coconuts provide a healthful source of saturated fats and should not be considered the same as foods with longer chain saturated fats. Future recommendations should take this research into consideration. It is the purpose of this review to discuss the research regarding the connection between saturated fat intake, specifically coconut consumption, and health, while focusing on dietary patterns and lifestyle behaviors.

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