Mediterranean diet and oxidation: nuts and olive oil as important sources of fat and antioxidants.

Abstract

Oxidative stress has been involved in the aetiology of hypertension, insulin resistance, the metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease and other chronic conditions. Several epidemiological studies suggest that a diet rich in natural antioxidants is associated with protective effects against major diseases, especially cardiovascular disease. The Mediterranean diet is rich in fat and foods with important antioxidant properties, such as fruits and vegetables, olive oil, and nuts. In this review we focus on epidemiological evidence and clinical trials that relate the Mediterranean diet with oxidative stress markers. We focus our review on two important Mediterranean vegetable sources of potentially oxidized fat-olive oil and nuts.

• Authors: Mònica Bulló, Rosa Lamuela-Raventós, Jordi Salas-Salvadó
• Journal: Current topics in medicinal chemistry (Curr Top Med Chem) Vol. 11 Issue 14 Pg. 1797-810 ( 2011) ISSN: 1873-4294 [Electronic] United Arab Emirates
• PMID: 21506929 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Review)

Chemical References

• Free Radical Scavengers
• Free Radicals
• Olive Oil
• Plant Oils

Topics

• Animals
• Cardiovascular Diseases (drug therapy, physiopathology, prevention & control)
• Clinical Trials as Topic
• Diet, Mediterranean
• Free Radical Scavengers (pharmacology)
• Free Radicals (antagonists & inhibitors, metabolism)
• Humans
• Metabolic Syndrome (drug therapy, physiopathology, prevention & control)
• Mice
• Nuts (chemistry, metabolism)
• Olive Oil
• Oxidation-Reduction (drug effects)
• Oxidative Stress (drug effects)
• Plant Oils (chemistry, pharmacology)
• Risk Factors