The Mediterranean diet is a healthy eating plan that focuses on vegetable consumption and incorporates traditional tastes and eating practices. cuisine of our region. Now three international studies conducted by scientists from the Andalusian School of Public Health confirm Preventive potential against prostate, breast and colon cancer.
These studies are part of the EPIC (European Prospective Study of Nutrition and Cancer) project, coordinated by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and carried out in ten European countries, including Spain. The goal is to study the relationship between diet, nutritional status, lifestyle, environmental factors and the incidence of various types of cancer and other chronic diseases.
The work was developed by a team of researchers. Miguel Rodriguez Barranco and Maria Jose Sanchezfrom the Andalusian School of Public Health (EASP) and the Field of Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), as well as other centers of EPIC-Spain.
Research findings support the idea that dietary recommendations should take into account overall dietary patterns. more than individual food items. Likewise, they confirm that adopting deviating dietary habits west Eating a Mediterranean diet can reduce your risk of prostate, breast, and colorectal cancer.
Study participants eating a Western diet showed a double risk of developing aggressive prostate cancer, a 37% higher risk of developing breast cancer, and a 53% higher risk of developing aggressive prostate cancer in all three studies. rectal cancer. However, participants with high adherence to the Mediterranean diet presented 16% less risk development of a malignant tumor in the colon and rectum than in patients with low levels of adhesions.
“We believe that the increased availability of processed foods in recent decades, coupled with less time for traditional food preparation, may have changed the diets of people who were eating a Mediterranean diet at the start of the study. decade of the 90s,” the researcher explained in detail. Adela Castello.
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