Adherence to the Mediterranean diet reduces the risk of stroke, especially among women. Here’s another reason to more actively use these products.
Scientists from the UK found that the Mediterranean diet reduces the risk of stroke, and this is especially evident occurs among women. Magicforum recalls that the Mediterranean diet consists mainly of fruits, vegetables, fish, nuts, olive oil and other unsaturated fats. Science has proved that this kind of food reduces the amount of heart disease. However, the effect of the Mediterranean diet on the risk of strokes was studied in great detail. Then the researchers could not answer questions about how strictly the participants of the experiments adhered to this diet, and what was generally their risks of cardiovascular diseases. All these gaps were filled in the new study.
Scientist observe carefully the benefits of the Mediterranean diet according to gender and risk factors. In General, adults who most closely followed the recommendations of the Mediterranean diet, which is 17 percent less experienced strokes. These are the results of observation of 23 000 men and women aged 40 to 77 years. However, when the researchers separately tracked the impact of diet on men and women, it became clear that this diet reduces the risk of stroke in women by as much as 22% and men by 6%.
Unfortunately, the study was purely observational, so the authors are unable to answer the question of why diet protects women better than men. But it is possible that certain components have different influence on representatives of the stronger and the weaker sex. It turned out that most strongly Mediterranean diet reduces the risk of stroke in women at risk. If all the factors women did not threaten any heart disease, then this kind of food almost did not profit them. (READ MORE)