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The heart for Genetics, food and well-being, Washington, D.C. offers huge experiences of many of the diets latest within the Mediterranean area. fairly emphasizes the dietary components and their mechanisms in heart problems, melanoma, and extra. For researchers. DNLM: vitamin, Mediterranean - Mediterranean zone.

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Norat T, Bingham S, Ferrari P, et al: Meat, fish and colorectal cancer risk: the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition. J Natl Cancer Inst 2005;97:906–916. Whelan J, McEntee MF: Dietary n-6 PUFA and intestinal tumorigenesis. J Nutr 2004;134: 3421S–3426S. de Lorgeril M, Salen P: Modified Cretan Mediterranean diet in the prevention of coronary heart disease and cancer. World Rev Nutr Diet. Basel, Karger, 2000, vol 87, pp 1–23. Singh RB, Dubnov G, Niaz MA, et al: Effect of an Indo-Mediterranean diet on progression of coronary artery disease in high risk patients (Indo-Mediterranean Diet Heart Study): a randomised single-blind trial.

De Lorgeril/Salen 18 Studies also suggest that a pro-inflammatory state is one component of metabolic syndromes. Thus, a Med diet might be effective in reducing the prevalence of metabolic syndromes, as suggested in a recent randomized trial [63], but not confirmed by another study [161]. Other studies suggest that the Med diet and/or olive oil consumption are associated with a reduced incidence of hypertension [162] or inversely associated with blood pressure [163]. Furthermore, in a Spanish population, adherence to the traditional Med diet was inversely associated with body mass index and obesity [164].

There is now a large body of evidence indicating that dietary ALA is a major protective factor against CHD, including fatal complications of CHD [105–109]. Thus, there is no doubt that a high intake of ALA is a major feature of the Cretan Med diet, as also confirmed in the Lyon Diet Heart Study [22–25]. On the other hand, consumption of fish once or twice a week is clearly associated with a significant reduction in CHD mortality [110–115]. This effect de Lorgeril/Salen 12 has been attributed to the cardioprotective effect of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids.

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