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| Even without weight loss, Mediterranean diets may help stave off diabetes Posted: 08 Jan 2014 07:35 PM PST In the Spanish study, people at risk for heart disease who followed a diet of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, fish, and fats from nuts or olive oil were about 30% less likely to develop diabetes over a four-year period than those who ate a low-fat diet. The research was a subanalysis of last year's influential Predimed study, involving 7,447 subjects at high risk for cardiovascular disease. Researchers from Universidad de Navarra found that subjects who ate a Mediterranean diet had a 30% greater reduction in the risk of heart attack, stroke, or death from cardiovascular disease than those who ate a low-fat diet. The new paper, published this week in the Annals of Internal Medicine, looked at the development of diabetes among 3,541 subjects who didn't have diabetes at the beginning of the study. Even just adding olive oil to your diet resulted in a health boost, the study suggests. Participants who added fats from extra-virgin olive oil were 40% less likely to develop diabetes during the study compared with those who followed a low-fat diet. Recent evidence from Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston also found that middle-aged women who follow a Mediterranean diet may live healthier, longer lives. Scientists evaluated the diets and medical records of 10,670 women and found that after 15 years those women who followed a Mediterranean diet were 40% more likely to survive to age 70 or over without heart disease, diabetes, or other chronic disease. - AFP/Relaxnews, January 9, 2014. |
| Giraffe, flamingo on menu for ancient Romans Posted: 08 Jan 2014 06:07 AM PST Ancient Romans dined on giraffes, pink flamingos and exotic spices from as far away as Indonesia, according to a new scientific study of excavations in Pompeii near Naples in southern Italy. The study of food waste dug up by researchers from the University of Cincinnati in the United States led by archaeologist Steven Ellis found that menus in the city were far richer and more varied than previously thought. The most used foods found in drains and dumps were grains, fruits, nuts, olives, lentils, local fish and eggs but there was also more exotic fare like salted fish from Spain, or imported shellfish and sea urchins. A joint of giraffe was found in the drain of one home. "This is thought to be the only giraffe ever recorded from an archaeological excavation in Roman Italy," Ellis was quoted as saying in a university statement. Ellis's team has been working on two neighbourhoods of Pompeii, which was covered over by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, for the past 10 years. The area had around 20 shops, most of which served food and drink and the archaeologists analysed their waste drains as well as nearby latrines and cesspits. The remains go back as far as the 4th century BC. Ellis said that Pompeii urbanites had "a higher fare and standard of living" than previously thought and the university said the research was "wiping out the historic perceptions of how the Romans dined". - AFP, January 8, 2014. |
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