Mediterranean diet helps to slow shrinking of the brain
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http://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/n...brain-090spr5fz |
Thanks, Demi. Appears to be another vague epidemiological study relying on self reporting (notoriously inaccurate) that correlates food types with brain health without clarifying what the diet is and not understanding the role of each food type. No mention is made of fat type consumption or how much meat consumption is considered healthy, if any at all. With recent, sound research regarding saturated and monounsaturated fats positively contributing to brain and cardiovascular health, this "study" appears to be based only on correlation and cannot remotely presume causation.
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Do Mediterranean people really avoid meat/red meat? Or is this just wishful thinking on the part of those who want to believe meat is bad? I'm not from there so don't know what people there eat, but those fancy Italian imports at Aldi don't exactly look red meat free to me. Or low in fat, either. And taking food diaries during Lent doesn't count! ;)
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I have an Italian in-law (lives in small-town Italy) and she claims to 'never' cook beef. She lived here a few years in the states and I observed that with her, it's all about chicken (plus vegetables, pasta). Lots of olive oil, low amounts of dairy - never hard cheeses by themselves. Mascarpone, ricotta, and cream cheese were sauce elements or condiment-like.
Also I don't remember my Greek grandmother using much beef. It was occasionally ground lamb, leg of lamb on holidays, and chicken...but mostly eggplant, squash, tomatoes, and pasta. Lots of lemon, garlic, olive oil. Stews were turnips, parsnips, carrots, tomatoes, onion with or without a little sliced beef. Rice was a side as was sourdough. She was born in 1896 and passed away in 1965. She babysat me so I do remember her cooking. Yeah...that makes me old. :lol: |
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I wish they'd compare a diet rich in fruit, vegetables and olive oil with a diet rich in vegetables, meat and fish and olive oil. I bet the latter would come out ahead, but it would be interesting to see them directly compared. |
Nina Teicholz deconstructs the whole Mediterranean diet, how it was mostly a construct of the olive oil companies. No one seems to have paid much attention to that part of her book. I do the mostly meat, fish and vegetable diet with olive oil, coconut oil and ghee. Works for me.
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I also remember the chapter on olive oil and don't confer any magical qualities to it. I was trying to offer a comparison that changed only one variable (meat/fish vs fruit).
They've done studies comparing Mediterranean and Atkins and Atkins won. I suspect meat/fish would prevail over fruit as well. I eat basically the same as you, but with plain old butter (Kerrygold) rather than ghee. Definitely works for me. |
Liz, I think that comparison has a lot of merit, as so many today presume that fruit is the definition of sound nutrition. Yet, they never clarify the specific type of fruit. I doubt they were scarfing bushels of bananas. So, the mere mention of fruit as part of the diet tells us nothing. Eliminate fruit from the diet and add a moderate amount of healthy meats and local seafood. I'd bet on that combination!
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