Mediterranean diet protects against stomach cancer.

Consuming the Mediterranean means can help reduce your risk of stomach cancer, a large study from Europe shows.
"The events add to the evidence for the role of the Mediterranean diet in trimming cancer risk and add further support for the demand to continue to encourage the Mediterranean diet in areas where it is disappearing," Dr. Carlos A. Gonzalez of the Catalan Institute for Oncology in Barcelona and his colleagues say.
The traditional diets of Greece, Italy and other Mediterranean countries have many wellness gains, they point out in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, including protection against cancer. But there is less info on how eating this way might mold risk of specific cancer types. Gonzalez and his team looked at gastric cancer, the second-leading cause of cancer death worldwide.
To investigate whether diet might be protective against the disease, the researchers examined data from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study on 485,044 men and women 35 to 70 years old from 10 European countries.
All had been reached a score on an 18-point scale based on how closely their diet adhered to the Mediterranean ideal of being rich in fruit, vegetables, legumes, fish, cereals and olive oil, with a relatively low intake of red meat and dairy products.
During nine years of follow-up, 449 of the study players developed gastric cancer.
People with the fullest relative Mediterranean diet scores were 33 percent less likely to produce the disease than people whose eating models were furthest from the Mediterranean ideal. Gastric cancer risk fell 5 percent for every one-point gain in a person's Mediterranean diet score.
Just 23 percent of people diagnosed with gastric cancer will last for five years, the researchers note. "Therefore, keying out dietary testimonials that can help shorten incidence is important for the impressive management of this cancer," they conclude.

Consuming the Mediterranean means can help reduce your risk of stomach cancer, a large study from Europe shows.
"The events add to the evidence for the role of the Mediterranean diet in trimming cancer risk and add further support for the demand to continue to encourage the Mediterranean diet in areas where it is disappearing," Dr. Carlos A. Gonzalez of the Catalan Institute for Oncology in Barcelona and his colleagues say.
The traditional diets of Greece, Italy and other Mediterranean countries have many wellness gains, they point out in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, including protection against cancer. But there is less info on how eating this way might mold risk of specific cancer types. Gonzalez and his team looked at gastric cancer, the second-leading cause of cancer death worldwide.
To investigate whether diet might be protective against the disease, the researchers examined data from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study on 485,044 men and women 35 to 70 years old from 10 European countries.
All had been reached a score on an 18-point scale based on how closely their diet adhered to the Mediterranean ideal of being rich in fruit, vegetables, legumes, fish, cereals and olive oil, with a relatively low intake of red meat and dairy products.
During nine years of follow-up, 449 of the study players developed gastric cancer.
People with the fullest relative Mediterranean diet scores were 33 percent less likely to produce the disease than people whose eating models were furthest from the Mediterranean ideal. Gastric cancer risk fell 5 percent for every one-point gain in a person's Mediterranean diet score.
Just 23 percent of people diagnosed with gastric cancer will last for five years, the researchers note. "Therefore, keying out dietary testimonials that can help shorten incidence is important for the impressive management of this cancer," they conclude.