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The Mediterranean diet promotes intestinal bacteria associated with healthy aging
A new study published in the journal Gut reveals how adhering to the Mediterranean diet for 12 months is associated with beneficial changes in the intestinal microbiome. The work shows that this dietary pattern drives intestinal bacteria related to healthy aging in older people while reducing those associated with inflammation.
The Mediterranean diet boosts intestinal bacteria related to healthy aging and reduces those associated with inflammation
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), healthy aging is the process of developing and maintaining functional capacity that allows well-being in old age.
Since aging is associated with the deterioration of bodily functions and increased inflammation — both factors related to the onset of frailty — this diet could act on intestinal bacteria to slow the progression of cognitive decline and physical weakness. in old age.
“Although we knew that a Mediterranean diet was good for health; we didn’t know how its consumption modifies our intestinal microbiome, ”explains Paul O’Toole, one of the authors and researchers of the Microbiome Institute of the University of Cork (Ireland), to SINC.
