Mediterranean diet helps prevent stomach cancer

If you want to have more protected from stomach cancer, go to a Mediterranean diet rich in olive oil, whole grains and vegetables. Oncologists from the United States conducted a study that showed a strong preventive anti-carcinogenic effect of a Mediterranean type of diet on the human stomach.

The Mediterranean diet

By the Mediterranean way of eating is the traditional cuisine of Greece, Spain and Italy. For the Mediterranean diet is characterized by the abundance of fish, olive oil, vegetables, whole grains, nuts - against the background of limitations on the use of red meat. Researchers from the University of Michigan Cancer Center were convinced that a Mediterranean type of food really deserves its reputation as one of the healthiest diets in humans.

Doctors examined the health of 70 women aged 25-65 years, followed this, the Mediterranean, such as in their daily diet. It was found that in these women the blood contained twice the levels of carotenoids, which are antioxidative micronutrients, prevents formation of tumors in the digestive system.

Previous studies have proved that a diet with plenty of vegetables, fruits, whole grains, fish, olive oil and olives helps prevent heart disease. The researchers also said that the Mediterranean diet shows anticarcinogenic effect against breast cancer. (READ MORE)

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