The CHANCES project published a recent meta-analysis (1) that included 140,000 adults (over 60 years old, 82% women) from five cohorts from Europe and the USA to assess the association between adherence to Mediterranean diet and hip fracture incidence. The...
Although hydroxytyrosol is considered the most potent olive oil antioxidant, which encouraged the investigations on its cardioprotective potential, oleocanthal is described as the major Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) phenolic compound with functional and health...
During the course of obesity, adipose tissue is characterized by adipocyte hypertrophy, oxidative stress, and subsequent increased angiogenesis (formation of blood vessels in a pathological manner), immune cell infiltration, and tissue remodeling. A dysregulated...
There is evidence that, taken as a whole, extra virgin olive oil is a functional food with a healthy profile and that its phenolic component, as well as the tocopherols and the monounsaturated fatty acid fraction (oleic acid), contribute in different ways and act on...
Diet is one of the factors most strongly related to cardiovascular disease, which is the leading cause of death globally and entails large costs on healthcare systems worldwide. Dietary interventions based on a Mediterranean dietary pattern are known to reduce the...
Nutrigenomics is defined as the study of food effects on gene expression. Starting from a deep dissection of the interaction between nutrients and the genome at molecular level, nutrigenomics shows the potential impact of a dietary pattern or food items on human...
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