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In addition to the improvements in gait and balance, all individuals, including those who combined a Mediterranean diet with a placebo, improved their endurance after four months, according to the pilot study published in Food & Function.

In an analysis of 19 studies across 12 countries involving more than 25,000 participants, individuals in highest 20% bracket for omega 3 levels had 13% less risk for developing CKD compared with participants in the lowest 20% bracket. Results were consistent and independent of subgroup variables of age, GFR, hypertension, CAD, and diabetes.

Greater adherence to a number of healthy eating patterns was linked to a lower risk of death in this cohort study, which included 44,085 men and 75,230 women from the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study (1986-2020) and the Nurses’ Health Study (1984-2020). These relationships held true for persons who were Hispanic, non-Hispanic Black, and non-Hispanic White, as well as for other racial and ethnic groupings.

The purpose of the randomized controlled study was to see what effect the green-MED diet will have on visceral fat tissue. The randomized controlled study, which lasted 18 months, involved 294 participants in all. Three groups of participants were created: the HDG (healthy dietary recommendations), the MED diet, and the green-MED diet. Participants in both MED groups consumed 440 mg of polyphenols and 28 g of walnuts daily. The green-MED group also ingested three to four cups of green tea daily, 100 g of frozen duckweed plant green smoothie, 800 mg of polyphenols daily, and less meat.

In a study of more than 800 rural-living men and women with knee osteoarthritis, an 18-month program of diet and exercise versus attention control yielded an average 14-pound greater weight loss in the test group – but not much difference in pain magnitude.

Especially after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), infections are a major factor in morbidity and mortality. Neutropenic diets have long been advised to prevent these infections despite the scant evidence. The results of a recent research evaluating this notion show no discernible difference between a nonrestrictive diet and infection rates, feeding outcomes, and the incidence of acute graft-versus-host disease.