Even modest changes to diet could reduce risk of death

In contrast, worsening diet quality was linked to a 6 to 12 percent increase in the risk of death. Chan School of Public Health finds that improving the quality of diet over time, even with modest changes, may significantly reduce the risk of premature death. "Overall, our findings underscore the benefits of healthy eating patterns including the Mediterranean diet and the DASH diet. Whole grains, fruits, vegetables and fish or n-3 fatty acids appeared to contribute most to an improvement in diet quality. The researchers assessed the participants' diet using three different scoring methods: the 2010 Alternate Healthy Eating Index, the Alternate Mediterranean Diet score, and the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet score.

Better diet can mean longer life, Harvard study finds

Want to live longer? More Info: New Study Reveals The Diets That Help You Live Longer They found that even modest dietary changes can have significant results. And the longer they stuck with the healthy diet, the more they lowered their risk or premature death. Researchers at Harvard studied the eating habits of about 75,000 people over a 12-year period.


Chan School of Public Health finds that improving the quality of diet over time, even with modest changes, may significantly reduce the risk of premature death. In contrast, worsening diet quality was linked to a 6 to 12 percent increase in the risk of death. Whole grains, fruits, vegetables and fish or n-3 fatty acids appeared to contribute most to an improvement in diet quality. "Overall, our findings underscore the benefits of healthy eating patterns including the Mediterranean diet and the DASH diet. Each model assigns scores to various types of food, with healthier foods receiving higher scores and less healthy foods receiving lower scores.


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