A Link Between A Mediterranean Diet And A Long Life — forbes.com

The Mediterranean diet keeps on gathering merits: Heart disease, metabolic syndrome, cancer, and cognitive decline are some of the conditions it may prevent, or in some cases, reverse. It’s also been linked to a longer lifespan in people who stick to it over the long term. And a new study adds some intriguing evidence to the connection, finding that people who adhered to a Mediterranean-style diet had “younger”-looking chromosomes. What’s more, the study was done in an American sample: Just imagine what might be the effect on Mediterranean participants.

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