Mediterranean diet and longevity: An example of nutraceuticals?

Current Vascular Pharmacology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 735-738

  Vasto, Sonya ^a,b   Barera, Annalisa ^a,b   Rizzo, Claudia ^a   Di Carlo, Marta ^b   Caruso, Calogero ^a   Panotopoulos, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ageing; Longevity; Mediterranean diet; Nutraceuticals; Olive oil

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HOMOCYSTEINE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NUTRACEUTICAL; OLIVE OIL; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; FAT INTAKE; VEGETABLE OIL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DIETARY COMPLIANCE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD GUIDE PYRAMID; GENOMICS; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LIFESPAN; LIFESTYLE; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOGENESIS; LONGEVITY; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ANIMAL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ETHNOLOGY; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONGEVITY; PLANT OILS;

EID: 84922519047     PISSN: 15701611     EISSN: 18756212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1570161111666131219111818     Document Type: Article

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