Cancer and Mediterranean Diet: A Review

The Mediterranean diet is considered one of the most worldwide healthy dietary patterns thanks to a combination of foods rich mainly in antioxidants and anti-inflammatory nutrients. Many studies have demonstrated a strong and inverse relationship between a high level of Mediterranean diet adherence...

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Published in:Nutrients 2019-09, Vol.11 (9), p.2059
Main Authors: Mentella, Maria Chiara, Scaldaferri, Franco, Ricci, Caterina, Gasbarrini, Antonio, Miggiano, Giacinto Abele Donato
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alcohol use
Angiogenesis
Anti-inflammatory agents
Antioxidants
Breast cancer
Cancer
Carcinogens
Cell proliferation
Colorectal cancer
Deoxyribonucleic acid
Diet
Diet, Mediterranean
DNA
Esophagus
Fats
Free radicals
Fruits
Gallbladder
Gastric cancer
Health risk assessment
Health risks
Helicobacter pylori
Hepatitis
Humans
Inflammation
Legumes
Lifestyles
Liver cancer
Lung cancer
Meat
Medical research
Metastases
Neoplasms - diet therapy
Neoplasms - prevention & control
Nutrition research
Oils & fats
Olive oil
Packaged food
Pancreatic cancer
Prostate cancer
Review
Risk taking
Sardines
Seeds
Tomatoes
Traditions
Vegetables
Walnuts
Womens health
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Summary:The Mediterranean diet is considered one of the most worldwide healthy dietary patterns thanks to a combination of foods rich mainly in antioxidants and anti-inflammatory nutrients. Many studies have demonstrated a strong and inverse relationship between a high level of Mediterranean diet adherence and some chronic diseases (such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, etc.) and cancer. Given its protective effects in reducing oxidative and inflammatory processes of cells and avoiding DNA damages, cell proliferation, and their survival, angiogenesis, inflammations and metastasis, the Mediterranean diet is considered a powerful and manageable method to fight cancer incidence. The aim of this narrative review was to determine the magnitude of interaction between the Mediterranean diet and more widespread types of cancer so as to give a first and useful overview on this relationship identifying, with a nutritional approach, those nutrients of Mediterranean diet able to reduce cancer incidence.
ISSN:2072-6643
2072-6643
DOI:10.3390/nu11092059