A traditional Mediterranean diet, rich in plant foods and olive oil, may help older adults lower their risk of type-2 diabetes. Mediterranean diets include heavy consumption of fruits, vegetables, nuts, olive oil, grains, and moderate amounts of fish and wine, but low consumption of saturated fats, like eggs, red meat, dairy products, and poultry.
Strict Mediterranean diets have been shown to reduce the rates of cancer, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes.
In a new study, published in the journal Diabetes Care, found eating a Mediterranean diet helped lower type-2 diabetes risk, even without counting calories or losing weight.
Researchers followed 418 older Spanish adults, finding study participants who were instructed to eat a Mediterranean diet were less likely to develop diabetes after four years than the individuals put on a low-fat diet.
Among the study participants, 18% of the low-fat group developed diabetes, compared to only 10% of the Mediterranean diet group.
Many of the sixteen countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea, like Italy, Greece, and Crete, consume variations of the Mediterranean diet, which was historically paired with high levels of physical activity, specifically working long days on the farm.
But Mediterranean nations face new obstacles as Western diets spread throughout the world, ushering in fast food and insufficient exercise; both risk factors for type-2 diabetes, plus other maladies like heart disease and cancer.
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