A diet of fruits-vegetables, whole grain chapatis, low fat cheese and olive oil may help you live longer
Adhering to an anti-inflammatory diet is associated with lower risk. That includes a lower risk of cardiovascular causes, and cancer. The findings were reported in the Journal of Internal Medicine.
In the study 68 thousand Swedish men and women aged between 45 to 83 years were followed for 16 years. Participants who followed an anti-inflammatory diet had an 18% lower risk of all-cause mortality, a 20% lower risk of cardiovascular mortality, and a 13% lower risk of cancer mortality.
Smokers who followed the diet experienced even greater benefits when compared with smokers who did not follow the diet.
Those following the diet showed 18% lower risk of all-cause mortality, a 20% lower risk of cardiovascular mortality, and a 13% lower risk of cancer mortality.
Anti-inflammatory foods include fruits and vegetables, tea, coffee, whole grain bread or rotis, breakfast cereal, low-fat cheese, paneer, olive and canola oils, nuts, chocolate, and moderate amounts of red wine and beer.
Pro-inflammatory foods include unprocessed and processed red meat, organ meats, chips, fast food and soft-drink beverages.
“Our dose-response analysis showed that even partial adherence to the anti-inflammatory diet may provide a health benefit,” said lead author Dr. Joanna Kaluza, an associate professor at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences, in Poland.
The study concludes that adherence to a diet with high anti‐inflammatory potential may reduce all‐cause, CVD and cancer mortality and prolong survival time especially amongst smokers.