Toward a Mediterranean-style diet beyond the Mediterranean countries: Evidence of implementation and adherence

Tsofliou, Fotini; Theodoridis, Xenophon; Arvanitidou, Eirini-Iro

doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-818649-7.00014-x

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“…Therefore, it is to be expected that a Mediterranean Diet intervention may create conflict with both food-based gender stereotypes and help seeking behaviour in general. It has been suggested that to overcome these negative connotations, the Mediterranean Diet be referred to as 'a lifestyle' rather than 'a diet' (52) . It would be interesting to look at what difference, if any, omitting the word 'diet' makes to the attitudes of young men.…”

Section: Suggestions For Overcoming These Challenges In Research Tria...mentioning

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The use of diet for preventing and treating depression in young men: current evidence and existing challenges

Bayes¹,

Schloss²,

Sibbritt³

2023

Br J Nutr

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Emerging evidence suggests that diet therapy (nutrients, foods and dietary patterns) could be effective as a potential adjunctive treatment option for major depressive disorder. Numerous mechanisms have been proposed, including the role inflammation, oxidative stress, brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), the Gastrointestinal tract (GIT) microbiome and tryptophan/serotonin metabolism. Despite known differences in depression characteristics and treatment responses between males and females, there are limited sex-specific studies examining the role of diet in young men specifically. This is important as young men are often reluctant to seek mental health support, so finding treatment strategies which appeal to this demographic is crucial. This brief report provides an overview of the most recent advances in the use of diet for preventing and treating depression in young men, highlighting existing challenges and opportunities for future research. We recommend that clinicians discuss the role of diet with depressed young men, so that diet may be used alongside current treatment options.

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Section: Suggestions For Overcoming These Challenges In Research Tria...mentioning

confidence: 99%

The use of diet for preventing and treating depression in young men: current evidence and existing challenges

Bayes¹,

Schloss²,

Sibbritt³

2023

Br J Nutr

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“…Intrinsic value within food, or the natural world from which it is derived, is recognized from generation to generation within communities and is non-substitutable, non-reproducible, and can be linked with cultural heritage [74], or indeed religious belief. For instance, the Mediterranean diet is a 'lifestyle model characterized by a healthy dietary pattern' ( [75] p. 130), thereby incorporating food, the way it is produced and supplied, into a way of life, where eating well encompasses not only the intrinsic value of food, but also aligns this with value that is social and cultural. Indeed, by having such a visceral understanding and approach to 'more than food' [76], this indeterminism may provide opportunity for greater deep-rooted intrinsic appreciation of food, but also for difference and acceptance.…”

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Reimagining Food: Readdressing and Respecting Values

2022

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The values associated with food are framed and constructed by market-based systems that assign attributes to different foods across the marketplace. The aim of the paper was to conceptualize the range of non-financial aspects associated with food in the literature examined and a typology was introduced to position a new set of non-financial food values, the alter-values, which support the creation of a more holistic approach to visualize and reimagine a more sustainable, resilient food system that readdresses and respects such values. The four alter-values of interest, intrinsic, production-related, supply chain related, and emotio-cultural values, were discussed in the context of changing food environments, and a visualization of the typology was presented to explain them. By focusing especially on intrinsic and emotio-cultural values, an adaptation of the current food environment beyond pecuniary-based emphasis was possible. Such an approach helps to challenge the structure of the conventional food system towards a more citizen-driven sustainable model, altering priorities, with a drive towards embedding values and going beyond perceiving food only in terms of exchange value, to considering food as a vital aspect of life.

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“…Replacing a Western-style diet with a Mediterranean-style diet has shown promising results in studies that investigated CV and cognitive effects (73) . The effect of a Mediterranean dietary pattern in secondary prevention (median follow-up 3•7 years) was studied in a population of 15 482 patients (67 (SD 9) years) from thirty-nine countries with a stable CHD (74) .…”

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Mediterranean Diet and cardiovascular health: an historical perspective

Delarue¹

2021

Br J Nutr

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The first investigation of dietary intake in the Mediterranean region was undertaken at the initiative of the government of Greece in 1948. Plant foods (cereals, pulses, nuts, potatoes, vegetables and fruits) accounted for 61% of total energy intake (TEI), animal foods (meat, eggs, fish, and dairy products) for 7% of TEI, and olive oil was the main oil used. In 1950s, Ancel Keys undertook studies in USA, Italy, Spain, England, Japan, Australia, Canada leading him to hypothesize that a link could exist between diet, plasma cholesterol and coronary heart disease (CHD). Between 1958 and 1964, Keys and co-workers carried out the Seven Countries Study, which enrolled men aged 40-59 years in one of 16 cohorts from seven countries (Finland, Greece, Italy, Yugoslavia, Japan, USA and Italy), After 15-y, 25-y and 50-y follow up, a strong positive relation was observed between saturated fat intake and CHD mortality, and a negative one with Mediterranean Dietary Index. In 1975, Keys and his wife published a book intitled: “How to eat well and stay well. The Mediterranean way”, which popularized Mediterranean Diet (MedDiet). After 45-y follow-up longevity without CHD death was 12.9 years higher in Crete than in Finland. Protecting effect of MedDiet towards CHD incidence and risk is now confirmed by PREDIMED Study and by cohorts’ studies gathered in several recent meta-analysis. MedDiet is sustainable and recognized by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage, which is the most beautiful homage that can be paid to Ancel Keys and all his co-workers.

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Toward a Mediterranean-style diet beyond the Mediterranean countries: Evidence of implementation and adherence

Cited by 4 publications

References 40 publications

The use of diet for preventing and treating depression in young men: current evidence and existing challenges

The use of diet for preventing and treating depression in young men: current evidence and existing challenges

Reimagining Food: Readdressing and Respecting Values

Mediterranean Diet and cardiovascular health: an historical perspective

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