From Endocrinology Advisor
Adhering to the Mediterranean diet appears to be associated with longer telomere length, an indicator of slower aging, according to research published in The BMJ.
Mediterranean Diet May Slow Aging (Endocrinology Advisor)
The new study was led by Immaculata De Vivo, PhD, MPH, an associate professor at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston. Her team looked at data from 4,676 disease-free women in the ongoing Nurses’ Health Study, which has been tracking the health of U.S. nurses since 1976.
The participants were given a score of 0 to 9 on how closely they followed a Mediterranean diet, with a higher score indicating greater adherence to the regimen.
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