Consuming a Mediterranean diet can help people live longer

The reports are based on a prospective cohort study of 380,296 people aged between 50 and 71 years, who completed a survey of their dietary habits and were then followed-up over a five-year period. The study found that significantly fewer people who most closely followed a Mediterranean-type diet died of cancer, heart disease or all causes, when compared with those who least closely followed such a diet.

To investigate the relationship between adherence to the Mediterranean dietary pattern and mortality in a US population.

The authors concluded that their study provided strong evidence that higher conformity with the Mediterranean dietary pattern is associated with lower all-cause and cause-specific mortality.
from: @HITTING THE HEADLINES 12 Dec 2007
@Mediterranean diet, exercise are key to long life

This is a big news for me. Actually, I don't really want to live longer but healthier. So I searched online for what Mediterranean diet is? Then, I got a pyramid, indicates the detail in a picture, it is very useful and memorable. To look through the pyramid below:

@ We need meat just once a month for healthy life. That attracted me a lot. For those cardiac-vascular disease patients, which are caused by meat and related fat, a Mediterranean-style diet is suggested by @ . 從最近關心的環保和健康議題，都可以從自身做起，真的很簡單，把金字塔畫在醒目的地方買菜時提醒自己，每個月吃一次魚或紅肉，次選家禽，水果是每天的點心，以植物為主要來源的食材，如麵包、豆子、蔬菜、油等等。減少不必要的塑膠袋及電力，運動-->這項最難=='' ，我覺得@slow-food in Taipei這個網站用了最簡單的文字，但是卻印象深刻。