This might seem rudimentary to the point of folly, but good food is doing good things to the body .... I know, I know, and water is wet.
This study caught my attention to the fact that there is a unique "tweener" so many studies go-not to look at specific nutrients for food and not a huge and complicated mess, like the nurses health study.
Instead looked this study-led by Inger Björck, professor of food-related nutrition at the University of Lund-the health effects of a diet with multiple foods that are thought to reduce inflammation. Here are the details of the study;
Forty-four healthy, overweight people between the ages of 50 and 75 took part in the diet study. For four weeks that she ate foods that are considered to low-grade inflammation in the body, a condition which in turn triggers metabolic syndrome and so obesity, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.The test diet was high in antioxidants, low-GI foods (i.e. slow release carbs), omega fatty acids, wholemeal products, probiotics and viscous food fibre. Examples of food eaten were fatty fish, barley, soy protein, blueberries, almonds, cinnamon, vinegar and a certain kind of wholemeal bread. LDL cholesterol was reduced by 33 percent blood lipids with 14 percent blood pressure be reduced by 8 percent. A risk marker for blood clots with 26% reduced.A marker of inflammation in the body was also greatly reduced, while memory and cognitive function were improved. the study results makes sense since this healthy, largely unprocessed foods that have shown that owning health benefits individually. It would be hasty to conclude, but that this group of food the optimal way to eat is as diet changes usually a huge improvement in the average persons diet habits. I would be willing to bet that other dietary patterns can even (or at least competitive) as effective as the pattern they chose-as long as calorie consumption was held in the selection. a group of controls of some sort would be justified to give credibility to this research a little more. one of the highlights of the study of clusters of different foods is that it helps take the focus away from one food "cures" that runs rampant in "superfood" Products'm curious to see what kind of weight loss the participants experienced.