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Wine
Olive Oil
Continue reading Wine, Mediterranean Diet, and Your Health News for 01/13/2015
There has been a lot of research on the effect of diet on risk of Type 2 diabetes in adults, a topic not unknown to us at The French Paradox (click here for some research we’ve covered). However, to
date, there has been very little examining possible ethnic differences in terms of adherence to the Mediterranean diet (or similar diets) and risk of Type 2 diabetes development.
As a result of this lack of information, a recent research study aimed to compare different ethnicities in terms of their risk of developing Type 2 diabetes after consuming various diets (including the Mediterranean diet).
Dietary adherence and Type 2 diabetes prevalence was measured for white, Japanese-American, and Native Hawaiian adults.
A total of 89,185 adults were recruited for this study, with 11,217 of them reported to have Type 2 diabetes.
Dietary patterns were assessed via several self-reported questionnaires.
Important Findings:
Continue reading Effect of Diet on Type 2 Diabetes Risk Varies Between Ethnicities
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Wine
Alcohol
Continue reading Wine, Mediterranean Diet, and Your Health News for 01/12/2015
A study published last year in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior performed a cross-sectional study to determine any potential associations between adherence to the Mediterranean
diet, body weight, energy, and academic performance in Greek school-aged children.
528 primary schoolchildren between the ages of 10 and 12 years old (split relatively evenly between boys and girls) from 21 different schools in and around Athens, Greece were recruited for this study.
Activity levels, anxiety levels, self-esteem/self-perception levels, body image dissatisfaction, and dietary habits for each child were measured using self-reported questionnaires.
Academic performance was evaluated by the children’s teachers, who then completed questionnaires to be analyzed by the researchers.
Finally, height, weight, BMI, waist circumference, and abdominal obesity were measured for each child.
Important Findings:
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Olives and Olive Oil
Continue reading Wine, Mediterranean Diet, and Your Health News for 01/09/2015
