Nutrition and Healthy Ageing : Calorie Restriction or Polyphenol-Rich “MediterrAsian” Diet?
Joint Authors
Giller, Katrin
Pallauf, Kathrin
Huebbe, Patricia
Rimbach, Gerald
Source
Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-14, 14 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-08-28
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
14
Main Subjects
Natural & Life Sciences (Multidisciplinary)
Biology
Abstract EN
Diet plays an important role in mammalian health and the prevention of chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease (CVD).
Incidence of CVD is low in many parts of Asia (e.g., Japan) and the Mediterranean area (e.g., Italy, Spain, Greece, and Turkey).
The Asian and the Mediterranean diets are rich in fruit and vegetables, thereby providing high amounts of plant bioactives including polyphenols, glucosinolates, and antioxidant vitamins.
Furthermore, oily fish which is rich in omega-3 fatty acids is an important part of the Asian (e.g., Japanese) and also of the Mediterranean diets.
There are specific plant bioactives which predominantly occur in the Mediterranean (e.g., resveratrol from red wine, hydroxytyrosol, and oleuropein from olive oil) and in the Asian diets (e.g., isoflavones from soybean and epigallocatechin gallate from green tea).
Interestingly, when compared to calorie restriction which has been repeatedly shown to increase healthspan, these polyphenols activate similar molecular targets such as Sirt1.
We suggest that a so-called “MediterrAsian” diet combining sirtuin-activating foods (= sirtfoods) of the Asian as well as Mediterranean diet may be a promising dietary strategy in preventing chronic diseases, thereby ensuring health and healthy ageing.
Future (human) studies are needed which take the concept suggested here of the MediterrAsian diet into account.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Pallauf, Kathrin& Giller, Katrin& Huebbe, Patricia& Rimbach, Gerald. 2013. Nutrition and Healthy Ageing : Calorie Restriction or Polyphenol-Rich “MediterrAsian” Diet?. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-14.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-492174
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Pallauf, Kathrin…[et al.]. Nutrition and Healthy Ageing : Calorie Restriction or Polyphenol-Rich “MediterrAsian” Diet?. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-14.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-492174
American Medical Association (AMA)
Pallauf, Kathrin& Giller, Katrin& Huebbe, Patricia& Rimbach, Gerald. Nutrition and Healthy Ageing : Calorie Restriction or Polyphenol-Rich “MediterrAsian” Diet?. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-14.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-492174
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-492174