ʻO nā hopena nui o ka poʻe ʻepekema penei:
- I loko o nā wāhine i hahai i kaʻai Mediterranean, ua loaʻa kahi "mākaʻi olaola" i loko o ke kino, e hōʻike ana i ka emiʻana o kaʻelemakule;
- Ua hōʻoia ka meaʻai Mediterranean e hoʻemi i ka pilikia o ka maʻi cardiovascular i nā wahine;
- ʻO ka mea aʻe ma ka laina kahi haʻawina e hiki ai iā mākou ke ʻike i ka hopena o ia ʻano meaʻai i nā kāne.
ʻO ka meaʻai Mediterranean he waiwai nui i nā mea kanu, nā huaʻai, nā nati, ka ʻai ʻana i kēlā me kēia lā i nā legumes a me ka pī, a me nā kīʻaha holoʻokoʻa, ka aila ʻoliva a me ka iʻa. He haʻahaʻa loa kēia ʻai i ka waiū, ka ʻiʻo, a me ka momona momona. ʻAʻole pāpā ʻia ka ʻai ʻana i ka waina maloʻo, ma nā mea liʻiliʻi.
Ua hōʻoia pinepine ʻia e nā noiʻi ʻepekema he hopena maikaʻi ka meaʻai Mediterranean i ke olakino. No ka laʻana, kōkua ia i ka hakakā ʻana i ke kaumaha nui a hōʻemi i ka hopena o nā maʻi maʻi, me nā maʻi cardiovascular.
ʻO ka Nurses' HealthStudy hou, e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana i kēia, ua hoʻokumu ʻia ma nā nīnauele a me nā hoʻāʻo koko mai 4,676 mau wahine olakino olakino (ma muli o ka ʻai Mediterranean). Ua hōʻiliʻili mau ʻia ka ʻikepili no kēia haʻawina mai ka makahiki 1976 (– Vegetarian).
ʻO ke aʻo ʻana, ʻo ia hoʻi, hāʻawi i ka ʻike hou - ua ʻike ʻia kēia mau wahine a pau he mau "telomeres" lōʻihi - nā hana paʻakikī i loko o nā chromosomes - nā hale e like me ke kaula i loaʻa i ka DNA. Aia ka telomere ma ka hope o ka chromosome a hōʻike i kahi ʻano "pale pale" e pale ai i ka pōʻino o ka hale holoʻokoʻa holoʻokoʻa. Hiki iā mākou ke ʻōlelo e pale nā telomeres i ka ʻike genetic o ke kanaka.
ʻOiai i ka poʻe olakino, pōkole nā telomeres me ka makahiki, e kōkua ana i ke kaʻina hana ʻelemakule, alakaʻi i kahi ola pōkole pōkole, wehe i ka puka i nā maʻi e like me ka vascular sclerosis a me kekahi mau ʻano maʻi kanesa, a hoʻopilikia maikaʻi i ke olakino o ke ake.
Ua ʻike ka poʻe ʻepekema ʻo ke ʻano o ke ola kino ʻole - e like me ka puhi ʻana, ke kaumaha nui a me ka momona, a me ka inu ʻana i nā mea inu ʻono-ʻono - hiki ke alakaʻi i ka pōkole mua o nā telomeres. Eia kekahi, manaʻo nā kānaka ʻepekema ʻo ke koʻikoʻi oxidative a me ka mumū hiki ke hoʻopōkole i nā telomeres.
I ka manawa like, ʻike ʻia nā huaʻai, nā mea kanu, ka aila ʻoliva a me nā nati - nā mea nui o ka meaʻai Mediterranean - no kā lākou antioxidant a me nā waiwai anti-inflammatory. Ua manaʻo kekahi pūʻulu o nā mea noiʻi ʻAmelika i alakaʻi ʻia e De Vivo e loaʻa i nā wahine e hahai ana i kēlā ʻano meaʻai ke loaʻa nā telomeres lōʻihi, a ua hōʻoia ʻia kēia kuhiakau.
"I kēia lā, ʻo kēia ka noiʻi nui loa i hana ʻia e ʻike i ka hui ʻana o ka meaʻai Mediterranean me ka lōʻihi telomere i nā wahine waena waena olakino," i ʻike ai nā ʻepekema i ka abstract o ka hōʻike ma hope o nā hopena o ka hana.
ʻO ke aʻo ʻana me ka hoʻopau mau ʻana i nā nīnau nīnau meaʻai kikoʻī a me nā hoʻāʻo koko (no ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ka lōʻihi o nā telomeres).
Ua noi ʻia kēlā me kēia mea e helu i kāna ʻai no ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā loina o ke Kaiwaenahonua, ma ka pālākiō mai ka ʻole a i ka ʻeiwa, a ua hiki i nā hopena o ka hoʻokolohua ke hoʻokumu i kēlā me kēia mea ma ka unahi e pili ana i 1.5 mau makahiki o ka pōkole telomere. (- Mea ʻai meaʻai).
ʻO ka pōkole mālie o nā telomeres he hana hiki ʻole ke hoʻololi ʻia, akā "hiki i ke ʻano ola olakino ke pale i ko lākou pōkole wikiwiki ʻana," wahi a Kauka De Vivo. No ka mea he antioxidant a me nā hopena anti-inflammatory ka meaʻai Mediterranean ma ke kino, ma muli o ia "hiki ke hoʻopau i nā hopena maikaʻi ʻole o ka puhi ʻana a me ka momona," hoʻopau ke kauka.
Hōʻike nā hōʻike ʻepekema he "maikaʻi olakino maikaʻi a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ke ola ma muli o ka hahai ʻana i ka meaʻai Mediterranean. Ua hōʻemi ʻia ka pilikia o ka make a me ke ʻano o nā maʻi maʻi, me nā maʻi cardiovascular.
I kēia manawa, ʻaʻole i hoʻopili ʻia nā meaʻai pilikino i ka meaʻai Mediterranean i nā hopena like. Manaʻo nā kānaka ʻepekema ʻo ka meaʻai holoʻokoʻa paha ke kumu nui (i kēia manawa, haʻalele i ka ʻike o kēlā me kēia "superfoods" i kēia ʻai). ʻO kēlā me kēia hihia, manaʻolana ʻo De Vivo a me kāna hui noiʻi, ma o ka noiʻi hou aku, e ʻike i nā ʻāpana o ka meaʻai Mediterranean i loaʻa ka hopena maikaʻi loa i ka lōʻihi telomere.
Ua kākau ʻo Kauka Peter Nilson, Polofesa ma ka Unite Research for Cardiovascular Diseases ma ke Kulanui o Lund (Sweden), i kahi ʻatikala e pili ana i nā hopena o kēia noiʻi. Manaʻo ʻo ia he kumu genetic ka lōʻihi o ka telomere a me ka ʻai ʻana. Manaʻo ʻo Nilson ʻoiai he mea hoʻoikaika kēia mau haʻawina, e noʻonoʻo ʻia ka "hiki i ka pilina ma waena o ka genetics, ka meaʻai a me ke kāne" (- Vegetarian). ʻO ka noiʻi ʻana i ka hopena o ka meaʻai Mediterranean i nā kāne he mea ia o ka wā e hiki mai ana.