The effect of Mediterranean diet on metabolic syndrome and its components: a meta-analysis of 50 studies and 534,906 individuals.

By C. Kastorini, H. Milionis, K. Esposito, D. Giugliano, J. Goudevenos, D. Panagiotakos. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2011

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A 14-Item Mediterranean Diet Assessment Tool and Obesity Indexes among High-Risk Subjects: The PREDIMED Trial (2012, result): “Our results are also consistent with previous epidemiologic studies showing a beneficial effect of the Mediterranean diet on the risk of the metabolic syndrome [36].”
“The Mediterranean Diet, its Components, and Cardiovascular Disease” (2014, background): “Subsequently, a large meta-analysis of over 50,000 patients showed that the Mediterranean diet significantly reduced the risk of metabolic syndrome and protected against risk factors such as waist circumference, lipids, glucose, and blood pressure (15) in primary prevention (Figure 2).”
National Lipid Association Recommendations for Patient-Centered Management of Dyslipidemia: Part 2. (2015, background): “16).(47) Also, there were favorable associations of the Mediterranean diet on criteria for the metabolic syndrome, including a smaller waist circumference (20.”
Definitions and potential health benefits of the Mediterranean diet: views from experts around the world (2014, background): “Other benefits extensively researched include the prevention of type 2 diabetes [30,31] and metabolic syndrome [32], cognitive impairment [33-35], and unipolar depression [36,37].”