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Low-cal Mediterranean diet rejuvenates the immune system
Professor Valter Longo has shown that using a fast or a low-calorie Mediterranean Diet for five days a month improves the immune system, the response to vaccination, and reduces weight, fat levels, fasting blood sugar and blood pressure, encouraging longevity. In an old and damaged immune system, fasting encourages stem cell production of new white immune cells. Professor Valter Longo,…
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The High Fibre Rainbow Diet
The high fibre Mediterranean diet contains good levels of both soluble and insoluble fibres, providing health benefits in diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, dementia; and in carbohydrate and cholesterol management; all thanks to your gut bacteria. When people hear that a diet is high in fibre, they simply assume that means it keeps you regular. Many people…
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Adherence to the Rainbow Diet helps prevent cardiovascular disease, Type-2 diabetes, obesity and metabolic syndrome
The colourful Mediterranean Diet, or Rainbow Diet, has moderate to high evidence that it has a beneficial effect on type-2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome and obesity, according to a clinical-standard meta-analysis (1). What is Metabolic Syndrome? People with ‘Metabolic Syndrome’ have at least three of the following 5 conditions: high blood pressure, high blood sugar, high triglycerides, low ‘good’…
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Meta-study concludes Rainbow Diet lowers mortality and chronic illness
Adherence to the colourful Mediterranean Diet, or Rainbow Diet, is associated with lowered mortality and a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, according to a 2008 Meta-analysis of over 1.5 million people. by scientists from different faculties at the University of Florence, Italy. The researchers concluded that even small changes in favour of the diet reduced…
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Heart risk reduced by switching to Mediterranean diet
Changing to a colourful Mediterranean diet, or a Rainbow Diet as we call it, with its emphasis on plant-based food like vegetables, olives, nuts and seeds, and fish, has been shown in a meta-analysis to reduce cardiovascular risk considerably. The Journal of the American Heart Association reports that simply switching one meat meal for a plant-based meal per week can…
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The health benefits of red wine
We are asked about alcohol and health constantly. One study says that one to two glasses of red wine a day is good for you; another says it’s one to two glasses a week; another says that all alcohol is bad for you full stop. What’s the Truth? The French Paradox which, along with the Mediterranean Diet, is a contributor…
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