A healthy diet has long been associated with general wellbeing. But now, recent research shows that a very specific diet — the Mediterranean diet — plays a very important role in mental and physical wellbeing. In 2007, a study showed that those who followed a Mediterranean diet had diminished risk of heart disease and cancer. And this month, a study published in the Archives of Neurology showed that people who followed a Mediterranean diet were at less risk of progressing from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer’s disease. The study followed 1,800 people over a four-year period.
What is the Mediterranean diet? Fashioned after the daily cooking habits of people living along the Mediterranean Sea, this diet involves the consumption of fruit, vegetables, fish, olive oil and red wine.
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