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Healthy lifestyle: relationship between mediterranean diet, body composition and physical fitness in 13 to 16-years old icelandic students [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Childhood and adolescent obesity are currently among the greatest challenges for public health. Physical activity, physical fitness, and adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MD), representing powerful indicators of healthy lifestyles, are shown as ...
Domínguez, Raúl   +4 more
core   +3 more sources

The Mediterranean Diet and Cardiovascular Health: A Critical Review

open access: yesCirculation Research, 2019
The Mediterranean diet (MedDiet), abundant in minimally processed plant-based foods, rich in monounsaturated fat from olive oil, but lower in saturated fat, meats, and dairy products, seems an ideal nutritional model for cardiovascular health ...
M. Martínez-González   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Olive‐derived bioactive combinations: synergistic angiotensin‐I‐converting enzyme (ACE) inhibition and distinct mechanisms of triterpenic acids and phenolics

open access: yesJournal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, EarlyView.
Abstract BACKGROUND Cardiovascular diseases, largely driven by hypertension, remain the leading cause of mortality worldwide. Angiotensin‐I‐converting enzyme (ACE) inhibition is a well‐established therapeutic approach; however, synthetic inhibitors are frequently associated with adverse effects.
Fátima Rubio‐Senent   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mediterranean diet and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is emerging as the most common chronic liver disease, and is characterized by a wide spectrum of fat-liver disorders that can result in severe liver disease and cirrhosis. Inflammation and oxidative stress are the
Anania, Caterina   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Preharvest potassium silicate treatments influence the morphological appearance and enhance nutritional composition of almond kernels

open access: yesJournal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, EarlyView.
Abstract BACKGROUND The almond industry requires new strategies to improve almond kernel quality. The use of biostimulants such as potassium silicate (KSi) is an eco‐friendly and non‐polluting alternative. The aim of this work was to investigate the preharvest application of KSi solutions at 2 and 20 mmol L−1 to ‘Peraleja’ almond trees during two ...
Vicente Serna‐Escolano   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gut microbiome-Mediterranean diet interactions in improving host health [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

open access: yesF1000Research, 2019
The gut microbiota plays a fundamental role in host health and disease. Host diet is one of the most significant modulators of the gut microbial community and its metabolic activities. Evidence demonstrates that dietary patterns such as the ‘Western diet’
Ravinder Nagpal   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Wildfires' Cost for Societal Welfare: Economic Evaluation of Forestry Ecosystem Services Losses in Southern Italy

open access: yesLand Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Forest ecosystem services (ESs) are garnering increasing public attention as awareness grows regarding society's fundamental dependence on them for well‐being. Forest fires, one of the major disturbances of ESs, are becoming more frequent and destructive, exacerbated in part by climate change.
Emanuele Spada   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Défis et responsabilités suite à la déclaration de la diète méditerranéenne comme patrimoine culturel immatériel de l’humanité (Unesco)

open access: yesRevue d'ethnoécologie, 2013
UNESCO declared the Mediterranean Diet as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in November 2010. But this heritage was not proposed as a nutritional model or even as an opportunity to develop a range of healthy foods.
Isabel González Turmo   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mediterranean diet and cancer: epidemiological evidence and mechanism of selected aspects [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Background: Populations living in the area of the Mediterranean Sea suffered by decreased incidence of cancer compared with those living in the regions of northern Europe and US countries, attributed to healthier dietary habits.
Basile, F   +9 more
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