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Mediterranean Diet: Are Antioxidants Central to Its Benefits?
| Content Provider | Scilit |
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| Author | Trichopoulou, Antonia Lagiou, Pagona Papas, Andreas M. |
| Copyright Year | 2019 |
| Description | The dietary patterns that prevail in the Mediterranean have many common characteristics, most of which stem from the fact that olive oil occupies a central position in all of them. Olive oil has several beneficial properties, but it also allows the consumption of large quantities of vegetables and legumes 108in the form of salads and cooked foods. Other essential components of the Mediterranean diet are wheat and grapes, and their various derivative products. Total lipids may be high, but in all instances the ratio of monounsaturated fatty acids to saturated fatty acids is much higher than in other places of the world, including northern Europe and North America. We will concentrate on the Greek variant of the Mediterranean diet, because most studies that pointed to the beneficial effects of the Mediterranean diet have been undertaken in Greece, and because of the nationality of the $authors.^{ 1,2 }$ Book Name: Antioxidant Status, Diet, Nutrition, and Health |
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| Ending Page | 118 |
| Page Count | 12 |
| Starting Page | 107 |
| DOI | 10.1201/9780367811099-6 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2019-10-16 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Book Name: Antioxidant Status, Diet, Nutrition, and Health Nutrition and Dietetics Europe Fatty Acids Mediterranean Diet Olive Oil Central Beneficial |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Chapter |
