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Live a little longer with the Mediterranean diet

ByElena Paravantes, MS, RD

Mediterranean Diet Live LongerLive longer by following a Mediterranean  according to Swedish researchers. I’m not sure if this really is news. You would assume that a diet that protects from several chronic diseases would result in a longer life. This Swedish study basically studied older Swedish individuals and compared 70 year olds who were following a Mediterranean style diet with those who weren’t. According to one of the researchers Gianluca Tognon, who is Italian by the way, the ones that followed a Mediterranean style diet had a 20% chance of having a longer life, which means an extra 2-3 years.

This study is interesting not so much because it tells us that a Mediterranean diet helps you live longer, but because it shows that it doesn’t matter where you’re from, if you eat a Mediterranean style diet you can be healthier.

If you are interested, I’ve reported on this in greater detail at Olive Oil Times.

Elena Paravantes, MS, RDN is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist by the U.S. Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). She is an expert on the Mediterranean Diet. She has been active as a clinician, consultant, author and lecturer for 20 years, both in the U.S. and Greece. An expert on the Greek Mediterranean Diet, her interviews and articles have been published in many publications including CNN, U.S. News and World Report, Prevention, NPR, and Shape. Elena has collaborated with a number of organizations including Loyola University, Yale University, University of Missouri, Louisiana State University, and the American College of Greece. Elena earned her Bachelor of Science in Human Nutrition and Dietetics and her Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Sciences in Psychology from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She holds has a Master’s Degree of Science in Health Management.

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