Does the study take account of the kind of people who eat such a diet? For instance, could it be that people from the Med are genetically predisposed to ageing better, or that the kinds of people who eat the Med diet have less stress in their lives, have better environmental conditions etc?
Also, one should be careful to punt the consumption of high levels of things such as antioxidants - these have NOT, in fact, been proven to be beneficial.
Now, I am not suggesting that this study was poorly conducted, or that the conclusions drawn from it are necessarily incorrect - however, it would always do one well to be skeptical about generalised statements, such as "eat a Med diet" as, often, the studies themselves are flawed, or, as is more often the case, the media have made broad and incorrect extrapolations from studies that show nothing close to what is ultimately fed to the public. In this regard, please start off with: http://www.badscience.net/
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Does the study take account of the kind of people who eat such a diet? For instance, could it be that people from the Med are genetically predisposed to ageing better, or that the kinds of people who eat the Med diet have less stress in their lives, have better environmental conditions etc?
Also, one should be careful to punt the consumption of high levels of things such as antioxidants - these have NOT, in fact, been proven to be beneficial.
Now, I am not suggesting that this study was poorly conducted, or that the conclusions drawn from it are necessarily incorrect - however, it would always do one well to be skeptical about generalised statements, such as "eat a Med diet" as, often, the studies themselves are flawed, or, as is more often the case, the media have made broad and incorrect extrapolations from studies that show nothing close to what is ultimately fed to the public. In this regard, please start off with: http://www.badscience.net/
May 31, 2010 - 6:27amThis Comment
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