A new study has shown that a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, bread, whole grains, nuts, olive oil and canola oil (a variety of rapeseed oil) can help to live longer.
The results of a study, published Journal of Internal Medicine, show that those who adhered to the anti-inflammatory diet, the risk of death from all causes was 18% lower. The researchers also found that those who carefully adhere to this diet, 20% lower risk of death from cardiovascular disease and 13% lower probability of death from cancer compared to those who followed this diet to a lesser degree.
Our analysis of the relationship between dose and response have shown that even partial compliance with the anti-inflammatory diet can bring health benefits, says the study’s lead author Joanna Kaluza (Kaluza Joanna) at the University of Warsaw (Warsaw University).
The study also found that smokers who kept this diet and had benefits in comparison with smokers not adhering to this diet.
The study involved 68 273 Swedish citizens aged 45 to 83 years. Participants were followed for 16 years. During this period 16 088 of them died, including 5980 from diseases of the cardiovascular system and cancer 5252. The death rate among the participants, to the greatest extent adhere to the anti-inflammatory diet was significantly lower than among those who followed this diet to a lesser extent.
Anti-inflammatory potential of the diet was assessed using the special assessment of the anti-inflammatory diet (AIDI), which includes 11 five potential anti-inflammatory and potential anti-inflammatory products.
Anti-inflammatory foods are fruit and vegetables, tea, coffee, wholewheat bread, cereals, low-fat cheese, olive oil and canola oil, nuts, chocolate, moderate amounts of red wine and beer.
According to the research team, contribute to inflammation list of foods includes unprocessed and processed red meat, meat offal, chips and sweet drinks.
Dmitry Kolesnik