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The Mediterranean diet has also been linked to longer life expectancy in cancer patients. Those who followed the Mediterranean diet after being diagnosed with various types of cancer lived longer and had a lower risk of death from cardiovascular disease than those who did not.
The research team announced in a paper published on the 2nd (local time) in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC:CardioOncology) that those who practiced a Mediterranean diet after being diagnosed with cancer had a 32% lower risk of early death and a 60% lower risk of death related to cardiovascular disease. This effect was independent of the type of cancer.
“These data support the intriguing hypothesis that various chronic diseases, such as cancer and heart disease, actually share the same molecular mechanisms,” said Maria Benedetta Donati, a researcher at the Umberto Veronesi Collaborative Research Platform Foundation in Italy, in a press release. In medical literature, this is called “common soil,” she added, referring to the common ground from which the two types of disorders originate.
The Mediterranean diet focuses on eating plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, seeds, nuts, legumes, and olive oil. It also recommends eating fish and seafood at least twice a week, small portions of dairy products and lean protein every day, and minimizing red meat and processed foods and cutting out sugary drinks.
The researchers recruited 800 Italian adult cancer patients from 2005 to 2010 and followed them for more than 13 years. Participants provided detailed information about their eating habits in line with the study’s purpose.
“The beneficial role of the Mediterranean diet in the primary prevention of some tumors is well established in the literature, but little is known about the potential benefits of this dietary model in people already diagnosed with cancer,” said lead study author Dr. Maria Laura Bonaccio, director of the Epidemiology and Prevention Unit at the IRCCS Neuromed Mediterranean Neurological Institute.
Given that advances in medicine are expected to lead to an increase in the number of cancer survivors, it is important to understand how a good diet can improve the health and well-being of those who survive the fight against cancer, the researchers noted.
“The Mediterranean diet is largely composed of foods such as fruits, vegetables and olive oil, which are natural sources of antioxidant compounds, and a diet particularly rich in these bioactive compounds could explain the observed benefits in terms of mortality from cardiovascular disease as well as cancer,” said researcher Chiara Tonelli, president of the Scientific Committee of the Umberto Veronesi Foundation.
Last month, researchers at Harvard University in the United States announced research results showing that consistently consuming a Mediterranean diet can reduce the risk of death from all diseases by more than 20%.
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