Whole-Grain Intake in the Mediterranean Diet and a Low Protein to Carbohydrates Ratio Can Help to Reduce Mortality from Cardiovascular Disease, Slow Down the Progression of Aging, and to Improve Lifespan: A Review
Capurso C
Nutrients · 34 citations
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- Cohort study (indexed by PubMed)
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- People
- Main outcome
- Clinical events such as disease or death
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- Independent funding
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Publication
- Published
- 2021-07-25 · Nutrients · vol. 13 · issue 8 · p. 2540
- Publisher
- Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
- Cited
- 59 citations · more than 97% of similar papers · 6.1× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 181 works
- Access
- Open access (journal) · CC-BY-NC-SA
- Research areas
- Nutritional Studies and Diet · Diet and metabolism studies · Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Keywords
- Mediterranean diet, Longevity, Life expectancy, Cohort, Medicine, Disease, Cohort study, Gerontology, Population, Physiology, Biology, Food science, Environmental health, Internal medicine
- MeSH
- humans, cardiovascular diseases, dietary carbohydrates, dietary proteins, diet, protein-restricted, diet, life expectancy, case-control studies, cohort studies, diet, mediterranean, aging, longevity, eating, middle aged, female, male, edible grain, whole grains, diet, carbohydrate loading
1 author
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- Cristiano A. Capurso · correspondingUniversity of Foggia
Abstract
Increase in the aging population is a phenomenon all over the world. Maintaining good functional ability, good mental health, and cognitive function in the absence of severe disease and physical disability define successful aging. A healthy lifestyle in middle age predisposes successful aging. Longevity is the result of a multifactorial phenomenon, which involves feeding. Diets that emphasize fruit and vegetables, whole grains rather than refined grains, low-fat dairy, lean meats, fish, legumes, and nuts are inversely associated with mortality or to a lower risk of becoming frail among elderly subjects. A regular physical activity and a regular intake of whole grain derivatives together with the optimization of the protein/carbohydrate ratio in the diet, where the ratio is significantly less than 1 such as in the Mediterranean diet and the Okinawan diet, reduces the risk of developing aging-related diseases and increases healthy life expectancy. The purpose of our review was to analyze cohort and case-control studies that investigated the effects of cereals in the diet, especially whole grains and derivatives as well as the effects of a diet with a low protein-carbohydrate ratio on the progression of aging, mortality, and lifespan.
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