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The Mediterranean diet has long been linked to a bevy of health benefits, including reduced risk of heart disease, cancer, obesity and more — and now a new study has revealed a very specific new advantage for women. In a long-running Harvard study published in JAMA Network Open, women who adhered to the heart-healthy, plant-focused diet were found to have a 23% lower risk of death from any cause. The researchers attributed this lower mortality risk to improved cardiometabolic risk factors, according to the published study.
FOR A BETTER NIGHT'S SLEEP, TRY EATING MORE OF THESE FOODS, RESEARCHERS SAY The study included data collected from 25,315 healthy women who participated in the Women’s Health Study over a period of 25 years, from April 1993 to January 1996. Their average age was 54. Women who adhered to the heart-healthy, plant-focused diet were found to have a 23% lower risk of death from any cause.
(iStock) Researchers analyzed the women’s blood samples, biomarker measurements and self-reported dietary information from June 2018 to Nov. 2023. Previous studies have also found associations between the Mediterranean diet and increased longevity, the researchers noted.
COMMON COOKING INGREDIENT COULD REDUCE DEMENTIA MORTALITY RISK, STUDY SUGGESTS "Another meta-analysis of 21 cohort studies, which included 883,878 participants, repor.