User:NutritionalSock/Mediterranean diet

Diabetes[edit]
In 2014, two meta-analyses found that the Mediterranean diet was associated with a decreased risk of type 2 diabetes, findings similar to those of a 2017 review. The American Diabetes Association and a 2019 review indicated that the Mediterranean diet is a healthy dietary pattern that may reduce the risk of diabetes. Compared to many other common diets, the study found that the Mediterranean Diet is shown to be effective at counteracting the symptoms associated with diabetes.

Weight loss in obesity[edit]
Overweight adults who adopt Mediterranean diets may lose weight by consuming fewer calories. A 2019 review found that the Mediterranean diet may help obese people lower the quantity and improve the nutritional quality of food intake, with an overall effect of possibly losing body weight. In 2023, a study found that the Mediterranean Diet had the most effect on obesity on subjects tested.

Cognitive ability[edit]
A 2016 systematic review found a relation between greater adherence to a Mediterranean diet and better cognitive performance; it is unclear if the relationship is causal.

According to a 2013 systematic review, greater adherence to a Mediterranean diet is correlated with a lower risk of Alzheimer's disease and slower cognitive decline. Another 2013 systematic review reached similar conclusions, and also found a negative association with the risk of progressing from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer's, but acknowledged that only a small number of studies had been done on the topic.

A study from 2020, produced results that show that the Mediterranean diet increased cognitive function in Parkinson's disease patients. Researchers testes on a random group and found that subjects who adhered to the diet scored higher on their cognitive function tests then before the diet. In the future this research can be used to develop alternative  treatment for Parkinson's Disease.

Major depressive disorder[edit]
There is a correlation between adherence to the Mediterranean diet and a lower risk of depression. Previous studies on which these correlations are made are observational and do not prove cause and effect. A more recent study showed that adhering to the Mediterranean diet can treat depression symptoms in adults. In 2022, a study tested their subjects adherence to the Mediterranean diet with an aMED test and found that when paired with a healthy habit, such as quitting smoking, symptoms of depression were reduced more efficient than with the diet alone.