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Dear Colleagues and Friends,
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Lifestyle and Quality of Life
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by: Lisa Radinovsky for: “Greek Liquid Gold”
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As the interest and evidence on the health benefits of EVOO have grown, a recent randomized clinical trial included EVOO within local dietary patterns to analyze the effects of a traditional Brazilian diet + EVOO supplementation on sarcopenia and obesity markers. After 12 weeks of individualized dietary interventions, researchers found significant reductions in body weight across all intervention groups. Furthermore, the findings suggested a traditional Brazilian diet significantly improved sarcopenia factors such as hand grip and walking speed.
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Evidence suggests diet is a key component for the overall health and health perception of individuals with breast cancer. In this diet + exercise + mindfulness intervention among a triad of patients who survived stage IIA-IIB breast cancer observed quality of life (QOL) significantly improved. The authors attribute these results to a reduction in bodyweight and note that the subjects who attended all dietary workshops based on the Mediterranean dietary pattern had the highest improvements in QOL.
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The gut microbiome consists of an array of microorganisms that vary according to dietary habits and can modify blood markers, including those associated with cardiometabolic risk. In this longitudinal analysis, the authors concluded the gut microbiome can be modified by the protective effects attributed to a healthy diet. In this study, adherence to the Mediterranean diet resulted in a higher presence of fiber-metabolizing microbes as well as a microbiome more apt for plant-derived polysaccharide degradation, short-chain fatty acid production, and secondary bile acid biosynthesis. Most notably, subjects with the highest adherence to the Mediterranean diet and a higher abundance of the microbe Prevotella copri observed the greatest improvements in cardiometabolic risk.
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