PMID- 35215548
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20220301
LR  - 20220301
IS  - 2072-6643 (Electronic)
IS  - 2072-6643 (Linking)
VI  - 14
IP  - 4
DP  - 2022 Feb 21
TI  - Why and How the Indo-Mediterranean Diet May Be Superior to Other Diets: The Role 
      of Antioxidants in the Diet.
LID - 10.3390/nu14040898 [doi]
LID - 898
AB  - The Seven Countries Study showed that traditional Japanese and Mediterranean 
      diets are protective against cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). The Japanese diet is 
      considered the healthiest because it provides Japanese populations with the 
      highest longevity and health. DASH and Mediterranean-style diets are also 
      considered healthy diets, although the Indo-Mediterranean-style diet may provide 
      better protective effects among patients with CVDs compared to other diets. The 
      concept of the Indo-Mediterranean type of diet was developed after examining its 
      role in the prevention of CVDs in India, the value of which was confirmed by a 
      landmark study from France: the Lyon Heart Study. These workers found that 
      consuming an alpha-linolenic acid-rich Mediterranean-style diet can cause a 
      significant decline in CVDs and all-cause mortality. Later in 2018, the PREDIMED 
      study from Spain also reported that a modified Mediterranean-style diet can cause 
      a significant decline in CVDs, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), and cancer. The 
      Indo-Mediterranean diet may be superior to DASH and Mediterranean diets because 
      it contains millets, porridge, and beans, as well as spices such as turmeric, 
      cumin, fenugreek, and coriander, which may have better anti-inflammatory and 
      cardioprotective effects. These foods are rich sources of nutrients, flavonoids, 
      calcium, and iron, as well as proteins, which are useful in the prevention of 
      under- and overnutrition and related diseases. It is known that DASH and 
      Mediterranean-style diets have a similar influence on CVDs. However, the 
      Indo-Mediterranean-style diet may be as good as the Japanese diet due to improved 
      food diversity and the high content of antioxidants.
FAU - Singh, Ram B
AU  - Singh RB
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4922-0405
AD  - Department of Medicine, Halberg Hospital and Research Institute, Moradabad 
      244001, India.
FAU - Fedacko, Jan
AU  - Fedacko J
AD  - Centre of Clinical and Preclinical Research-MEDIPARK, Pavol Jozef Safarik 
      University, 040-11 Kosice, Slovakia.
FAU - Fatima, Ghizal
AU  - Fatima G
AD  - Department of Biotechnology, Era's Lucknow Medical College and Hospital, Lucknow 
      226003, India.
FAU - Magomedova, Aminat
AU  - Magomedova A
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5159-3091
AD  - Department of Population, The Faculty of Economics, Lomosonov Moscow State 
      University, 119991 Moscow, Russia.
FAU - Watanabe, Shaw
AU  - Watanabe S
AD  - Department of Life Science Association, Tokyo 160-0005, Japan.
FAU - Elkilany, Galal
AU  - Elkilany G
AD  - Department of Cardiology, Gulf Medical University, Ajman 4184, United Arab 
      Emirates.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
DEP - 20220221
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Nutrients
JT  - Nutrients
JID - 101521595
RN  - 0 (Antioxidants)
SB  - IM
MH  - Antioxidants
MH  - *Cardiovascular Diseases/prevention & control
MH  - *Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
MH  - *Diet, Mediterranean
MH  - Humans
MH  - Longevity
PMC - PMC8879532
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - DASH diet
OT  - Mediterranean diet
OT  - diabetes
OT  - fruits
OT  - hypertension
OT  - vegetables
COIS- The authors declare any conflict of interests.
EDAT- 2022/02/27 06:00
MHDA- 2022/03/03 06:00
PMCR- 2022/02/21
CRDT- 2022/02/26 01:06
PHST- 2022/01/24 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/02/10 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/02/26 01:06 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/02/27 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/03/03 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2022/02/21 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - nu14040898 [pii]
AID - nutrients-14-00898 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/nu14040898 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Nutrients. 2022 Feb 21;14(4):898. doi: 10.3390/nu14040898.