Research in the field of healthy ageing in the last decades has increased in order to contribute towards the overall well-being of older populations. Lifestyle factors, including dietary habits, have been proposed to be potential candidates that foster healthy ageing. A great deal of attention has focused on the Mediterranean diet and its components, such as olive oil. In this context, a retrospective analysis of two controlled clinical trial cohorts showed a high adherence to the Mediterranean diet was associated with a lower risk of progression to late age-related macular degeneration.
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