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Mediterranean Diet

Dietary Guidelines and Impact on Health and Disease

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Editors:
  1. Donato F. Romagnolo

    1. Room 303, Tucson, USA

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  2. Ornella I. Selmin

    1. Department of Nutritional Sciences, The Univ of Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, USA

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  • Provides an overview of preclinical and clinical studies on Mediterranean dietary patterns
  • Discusses the benefits of the Mediterranean diet for the prevention of chronic diseases
  • Written by expert authors
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxvii
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  2. Mediterranean Diet and Lifestyle in a World Context

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Updating the Benefits of the Mediterranean Diet: From the Heart to the Earth

      • Lluis Serra-Majem, Antonia Trichopoulou
      Pages 3-14

    3. Mediterranean Diet and Lifestyle in a Modern World Context

      • Donato F. Romagnolo, Ornella I. Selmin
      Pages 15-26

  3. Historical, Behavioral, and Geographical Perspective on the Mediterranean Diet and Lifestyle

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-27
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    2. Historical and Behavioral Perspectives of the Mediterranean Diet

      • Sandro Dernini, Elliot M. Berry
      Pages 29-41

    3. Historical origins of the Mediterranean Diet, Regional Dietary Profiles, and the Development of the Dietary Guidelines

      • Nadine R. Sahyoun, Kavitha Sankavaram
      Pages 43-56

    4. Implementing the Mediterranean Diet: A French Perspective and Comparisons with Other Mediterranean Countries

      • Mariette Gerber
      Pages 57-67

  4. Mediterranean Diet and Lifestyle for Health Promotion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69
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    2. Mediterranean Oils and Fats, and Disease Risk

      • Mariette Gerber, Richard Hoffman
      Pages 71-88

    3. Inflammation and Cardiovascular Disease and Protection by the Mediterranean Diet

      • Francesco Sofi, Alessia Fabbri, Alessandro Casini
      Pages 89-96

    4. Wine, Polyphenols, and Cardioprotection

      • Brandon J. Sumpio, Alfredo C. Cordova, Bauer E. Sumpio
      Pages 97-108

    5. Impact of Mediterranean Diet on Metabolic Syndrome

      • Golandam Khayef, Joan Sabaté
      Pages 109-120

    6. Effects of Mediterranean Diet on the Metabolome

      • Jessica A. Martinez, Hector C. Keun, Alexandros P. Siskos
      Pages 121-137

  5. Aging and Cancer Risk

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139
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    2. The Value of the Mediterranean Diet for Older Adults: Emphasis on Obesity Interventions

      • Kathryn N. Porter Starr, Connie W. Bales
      Pages 141-152

    3. Mediterranean Diet and Neurodegenerative Diseases

      • Ornella I. Selmin, Alberto P. G. Romagnolo, Donato F. Romagnolo
      Pages 153-164

    4. Mediterranean Diet and Breast Cancer

      • Cynthia A. Thomson, Nicole R. Stendell-Hollis
      Pages 165-179

    5. Mediterranean Diet, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, and Colon Cancer

      • Micah G. Donovan, Ornella I. Selmin, Tom C. Doetschman, Donato F. Romagnolo
      Pages 181-201

    6. Epigenetics of Mediterranean Diet: Altering Disease Risk

      • Sharon A. Ross
      Pages 203-216
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About this book

This text is an especially timely new text as the number of studies focusing on the impact of the Mediterranean diet on disease prevention increases every year. The fundamental question addressed in this text is how food components and behavior of the Mediterranean diet reduce the risk of chronic diseases. In-depth chapters provide an overview of preclinical and clinical studies on Mediterranean dietary patterns, food components and lifestyle and their impact on health and disease. Large-scale “omic” approaches are highlighted to educate the reader about the molecular mechanisms through which specific components of the Mediterranean diet improves health and the opportunities and challenges for translating into practice the food recommendations of the Mediterranean pyramid. The volume concludes with information about the nutritional adequacy of Mediterranean foods and provides selected recipes. Mediterranean Diet: Impact on Health and Disease will be of great interest to students, clinicians, and scientists engaged in promoting health through nutrition and physical activity.    

Reviews

“This book highlights the breadth of research into the Mediterranean diet that has been completed over the past few years. … the book will be more useful to those who are involved in research as well as those who are looking for a good resource on the Mediterranean diet. … This book certainly has a lot of information for healthcare professionals who can use it as a resource.” (Amy Hess‐Fischl, Doody’s Book Reviews, June, 2016)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Room 303, Tucson, USA

    Donato F. Romagnolo

  • Department of Nutritional Sciences, The Univ of Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, USA

    Ornella I. Selmin

About the editors

Donato F. Romagnolo, PhD, MSc

Department of Nutritional Science, The University of Arizona Cancer Center

The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

Ornella I. Selmin, PhD

Department of Nutritional Sciences, The University of Arizona Cancer Center

The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA




Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Mediterranean Diet

  • Book Subtitle: Dietary Guidelines and Impact on Health and Disease

  • Editors: Donato F. Romagnolo, Ornella I. Selmin

  • Series Title: Nutrition and Health

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27969-5

  • Publisher: Humana Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-27967-1Published: 08 March 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80249-7Published: 25 April 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-27969-5Published: 29 February 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2628-197X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2628-1961

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXVII, 321

  • Number of Illustrations: 38 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Clinical Nutrition, Nutrition, Cardiology, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

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