voted best diet for the fifth consecutive time in US News and World Report magazine, the Mediterranean diet pleases for all that it offers as daily benefits. Also known as the “cretan diet”the Mediterranean diet takes its name from its origin.
Straight from the Mediterranean basin, this special diet is recognized for its benefits and in particular its ability to promote food balance. This diet mainly favors fruits and vegetables seasonal products, wholemeal pasta/rice/bread, pulses, fish, dried fruits and vegetable oil fats. Conversely, the mediterranean diet aims to limit the red meat, processed and refined products and dairy products.
Good fats in the fight once morest cancer
Led by a team of researchers from the University Medical Center Groningen, in the Netherlands, a new study has brought to light the new advantage of cretan diet. An asset, and not the least: it has been discovered that a diet rich in “good fats” might greatly help once morest skin cancer. The study demonstrated that a diet consisting of whole grains, nuts, fish, olive oil and fruits and vegetables might play a role in the fight once morest cancer.
Indeed, the good fats would make it possible to support the effects of immunotherapy, for people suffering from a skin cancer. Immunotherapy drugs have helped revolutionize the treatment of different types of advanced cancers. Our study highlights the importance of dietary assessment in cancer patients beginning treatment like this and supports the role of dietary strategies for improve patient outcomes and survival “explained Laura Bolte, author of the study.
A bright future for future treatments
As part of this work, the diet of 91 patients suffering from skin cancer, melanoma type, was analyzed. Finally, the Mediterranean diet would have enabled patients who followed it to respond better to immunotherapy treatment and thus increased their chance of survival.
« The relationship between the response to immunotherapy with diet and the gut microbiome opens up a promising and exciting future for improving treatment responses. Clinical trials investigating the effect of a high fiber diet, a ketogenic diet and supplementation with Omega 3 are in class. Given that therapy is extended to various types of tumors, including digestive cancersthese studies might unblock the benefits of treatment for a large group of patients with cancer in the future “, concluded the specialist.
Recommended whole grains and legumes
Furthermore, the study revealed that the Whole grains as well as legumes might reduce the risk of suffering due to side effects of treatment drugs. Among the effects listed, was mentioned in particular the colitis, which is nothing but an inflammation of the colon. Conversely, it has been shown that consumers of red meat and processed meat – that the Mediterranean diet limits – presented a higher probability of suffering from side effects.