Even Elderly Benefit From Mediterranean Diet
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TUESDAY, Sept. 21 (HealthDayNews) -- A Mediterranean diet, coupled with a few healthy lifestyle habits, can add years to the lives of even the elderly, a new Dutch study finds.
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It is already known that drinking a little red wine and cooking with olive oil may help us to live longer. Now experts say adopting four simple lifestyle measures more than halves an elderly person&#39;s risk of dying.
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It is never too late to eat well and exercise every day, according to a quartet of new studies that found healthy lifestyles can produce dramatic benefits for the body and mind, even among the elderly.
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IT IS possible to extend your life and avoid heart disease by regularly eating the &quot;ideal healthy meal &quot; , scientists revealed last night.
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A daily diet of wine, dark chocolate, fruits and vegetables, almonds and garlic -- along with fish four times a week -- could reduce heart disease in the US population by a whopping 76%, say the authors of a study published in this week&#39;s BMJ.
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Drizzle on the olive oil, uncork a bottle of wine and hit the cobblestones. You may not only reach old age but extend it longer than most, a pair of European studies has concluded.
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Previous studies have touted the health benefits of red wine because it contains antioxidants - vitamins and other organic molecules which can slow the ageing process.
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NEW YORK  - Consumption of a  Mediterranean-style diet appears to prevent metabolic syndrome  and improve survival, according to the findings from two  studies that appear in the Journal of the American Medical  Association.
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Scientists have discovered why eating a Mediterranean diet rich in fruits, vegetables and particularly olive oil can help to protect women from developing breast cancer.
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Two new studies give one more reason to eat a diet rich in fish: prevention of age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in old age.
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FRIDAY, Nov. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Adding further weight to the theory that fish may be brain food, new research found that people with diets rich in fish have a significantly lower risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease.
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WASHINGTON -- Cutting dietary fat may also cut the risk of ovarian cancer, says a study of almost 40,000 older women that found the first hard evidence that menu changes protect against this particularly lethal cancer.
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Scientists have discovered why eating a  Mediterranean diet rich in fruits, vegetables and particularly  olive oil can help to protect women from developing breast  cancer.
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NEW YORK  - Consuming a diet that is high in fruits and vegetables seems to reduce the risk of heart attack and strokes, but not cancer, according to a report in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
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NEW YORK  - Learning how to eat Mediterranean-style may help people with rheumatoid arthritis improve their symptoms, a study suggests.
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Two-thirds of older Americans take part in leisure-time physical activities, but poor nutrition remains a problem, especially when it comes to fruit and vegetables, according to the latest snapshot of aging.
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New research shows that exercise can help reverse the aging process at the cellular level. Strength training for the senior set.