cretan mediterranean diet

 The Mediterranean diet , also known Cretan diet or the Mediterranean diet is a traditional practice of food in many countries of the Mediterranean basin is characterized by eating lots of fruits , vegetables , cretan mediterranean diet cereals and olive oil and low consumption of meat and dairy products.

Several studies have shown that the Mediterranean diet can:

- In order to reduce mortality and morbidity from cardiovascular disease ;
- Reduce the risk of Alzheimer 's disease and Parkinson 's disease ;
- To improve the chances of pregnancy during assisted reproduction ;
- Maintain a healthy brain cretan mediterranean diet.

Health Benefits
Its effectiveness is difficult to assess , since it is based primarily on observational studies ( the plan is recorded for each individual, without anyone trying to change that ) and can not be excluded in this case, cretan mediterranean diet a bias in the comparison of several populations. Few intervention studies are of type ( interviewer intentionally modify the habits of a group of patients ), but not double-blind , which does not exclude a placebo effect cretan mediterranean diet. 

Another technique is to compare the future within the same group of people on a serious diet and a group of deserters. The comparison of these two groups , however , should be thoroughly tested cretan mediterranean diet.

The studies should be used with caution cretan mediterranean diet, since besides the Mediterranean area , the people on this diet are often more concerned about their health and pay more attention to healthy living and observation may exist .

Medical research
In 1970 , a comparative study focused on seven countries found that Cretan men had exceptionally low death rates from cardiovascular disease, despite moderate to high fat cretan mediterranean diet.

Almost 30 years later cretan mediterranean diet, a study entitled Lyon Diet Heart Study tested a pragmatic type of Mediterranean diet adapted to other cultures and ways of life , after finding that many followed in this study , only patients who have survived a first heart attack , would be reluctant to replace butter with olive oil. Patients used a margarine based on rapeseed oil and 20% increased their intake of vitamin C rich fruits and bread , while reducing red and processed meats (sausages ) cretan mediterranean diet. This system leads to a dramatic decrease (-70 % ) of all-cause mortality . The success was such that the ethics committee has decided to stop the study early , to make the results available to the public immediately .

In 2008 , a new study has found that the traditional Mediterranean diet significantly reduces the risk of developing type 2 diabetes . This study focused on a sample of more than 13,000 graduates of the University of Navarro ( Spain ) ,cretan mediterranean diet with no history of diabetes, recruited from December 1999 to November 2007 and whose habits and health of the diet were followed. Participants completed a questionnaire first of 136 points in their diet , including the use of fats and oils and methods for cooking food supplements . Participants were given every two years a new questionnaire to monitor your diet , lifestyle , risk factors and health status . The onset of diabetes was confirmed by medical tests. During the follow-up period (median 4.4 years ) , cretan mediterranean diet researchers from the University of Navarro found that participants who closely followed the Mediterranean diet had a lower risk of diabetes. Strict adherence to the diet was associated with a relative risk reduction of 83% of developing diabetes cretan mediterranean diet.