DietandHealth(饮食与健康)可以参考:
AstudydoneinGreecesayspeoplecanlivelongerandhealthierlivesiftheyeatwhatisknownastheMediterraneandiet.Foodsincludedinthiswayofeatingarevegetables,fruit,beans,fish,wholegrainsandoliveoil.Suchadietgenerallygetsaboutfortypercentofitscaloriesfromoliveoilandotherfatsthatareconsideredhealthy.
ResearchersfromtheUniversityofAthensandHarvardUniversityMedicalSchoolinBoston,Massachusettsdidthestudy.TheypublishedtheresultsintheNewEnglandJournalofMedicine.
Thestudyinvolvedtwenty-two-thousandhealthypeopleinGreece.Theywerebetweentheagesoftwentyandeighty-six.Theresearchersquestionedeachofthemaboutwhattheyateandhowmuchtheytookpartinphysicalactivity.
TheresearchersgavethempointsforexerciseandforeachpartoftheMediterraneandiettheyfollowed.Peoplewhoatevegetables,beans,fruit,nuts,wholegrainsandfishgothighernumbersthanpeoplewhodidnoteatthesefoods.
Peoplealsoreceivedapointfordrinkingsomealcohol--aboutoneglassofwineadayforwomen,twoglassesformen.Theygotnopointsiftheydrankmoreorlessthanthat.
Thestudylastedforaperiodoffouryears.Duringthattime,two-hundred-seventy-fivepeopledied.Thirty-fivepercentofthosepeoplediedofcancer.Twentypercentdiedofheartdisease.
TheresearchersfoundthatthosewhofollowedtheMediterraneandietwerelesslikelytodiethanthosewhodidnot.Also,thefollowersoftheMediterraneandietwerelesslikelytodieofheartdiseaseandcancer.Andthestudyshowedexercisetobeimportant.Thepeoplewhoexercisedatleastonehouradayhadatwenty-eightpercentlesschanceofdyingthanthosewhodidnotexercise.
ThestudyalsoshowedalinkbetweenfollowingtheMediterraneandietandlivingtoanoldage.Anditconfirmedearlierstudiesthathadsuggestedtheeffectivenessofsuchadiet.
ResearcherssayitisnotjustoneortwofoodsintheMediterraneandietthatmakethedifference--itisallthefoodstogether.Sotheysaypeopleshouldeatalotoffruits,vegetables,beansandfish.Theyshoulduseoliveoilintheircooking.Andtheyshouldexerciseeveryday.
