Overview: A modified version of the Mediterranean diet called the Green Mediterranean Diet, which is rich in dietary polyphenols such as green tea, walnuts and duckweed, and reduced in red meat, contains more internal organs than traditional Mediterranean diets and traditional meal plans. I have reduced my fat.
sauce: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
The Green Mediterranean Diet (MED) significantly reduces visceral adipose tissue. Visceral adipose tissue is the type of fat around your internal organs that is far more dangerous than the extra “tire” on your hips.
The green Mediterranean diet was compared to the Mediterranean diet and a healthy diet in a large clinical intervention trial, DIRECT PLUS. A subsequent analysis found that the Green Med diet reduced visceral fat by 14%, the Med diet by 7%, and the healthy diet by 4.5%.
This research BMCmedicine.
Reducing visceral fat is considered a true goal of weight loss because it is a more important indicator than body weight and waist circumference. Visceral fat clumps between organs over time, producing hormones and toxins linked to heart disease, diabetes, dementia, and premature death.
The research was led by Professor Iris Shai Along with Dr. Hira Zelicha, adjunct professor at the Harvard School of Public Health and emeritus professor and PhD student at the University of Leipzig, Germany, with colleagues from Italy, Germany, and the United States.
The DIRECT-PLUS research team was the first to introduce the concept of a green Mediterranean diet. This modified His MED diet is even richer in dietary polyphenols and less red and processed meat than his conventional healthy MED diet. In addition to their daily intake of walnuts (28 grams), participants consumed 3-4 cups of green tea per day and 100 grams (frozen cubes) of duckweed green shakes per day. Duckweed, an aquatic green plant, is rich in bioavailable protein, iron, B12, vitamins, minerals, and polyphenols, as well as a great meat alternative.
In previous research, the team has shown that the Green MED diet has health benefits ranging from the microbiome to age-related degenerative diseases.
294 participants participated in the 18-month trial.
“A healthy lifestyle is a strong foundation for any weight loss program. Experiments have shown that food quality is as important as calories consumed. Today’s goal is to understand the mechanisms of various nutrients. For example, positive and negative nutrients such as polyphenols, at the pace of adipocyte differentiation and their aggregation in internal organs, as empty carbohydrates and processed red meat,” Shy said. says the professor.
“A 14% reduction in visceral fat is a dramatic result from a simple change in diet and lifestyle. said Dr. Hila Zelicha.
Funding: This work was funded by a grant from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) – project number 209933838- SFB 1052. Rosetrees Trust (Grant A2623); Israel Ministry of Health grant 87472511. Israel Ministry of Science and Technology Grant 3-13604. and the California Walnut Commission.
None of the funders was involved at any stage of the study’s design, conduct, or analysis and did not have access to the study results prior to publication.
About this diet and fat loss research news
author: Ehud Zion Waldokus
sauce: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
contact: Ehud Zion Waldoks – Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
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Original research: open access.
“Effect of a polyphenol-rich Mediterranean diet on visceral fat: A DIRECT PLUS randomized controlled trial” by Hira Zericha et al. BMCmedicine
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Overview
Effect of a high-polyphenol Mediterranean diet on visceral fat: a DIRECT PLUS randomized controlled trial.
Background
The Mediterranean (MED) diet is a rich source of polyphenols and aids in obesity through several mechanisms. We investigated the effect of a green MED diet with 2-fold fortification of dietary polyphenols and low red/processed meat on visceral adipose tissue (VAT).
method
In the 18-month Dietary Intervention Randomized Controlled Polyphenol-Untreated (DIRECT-PLUS) Weight Loss Trial, 294 participants were enrolled in (A) Healthy Diet Guidelines (HDG), (B) MED, or (C) They were randomized to the Green MED diet. , all in combination with physical activity. Both isocaloric MED groups consumed 28 g walnuts per day (+ 440 mg/day polyphenols). The green-MED group also consumed green tea (3-4 cups per day), Wolfia globosa (duckweed strain) Botanical Green Shake (frozen cubes 100 g/day) (+ 800 mg/day polyphenols) and reduced red meat intake. Quantified.
result
Participants (age = 51 years, 88% male, body mass index = 31.2 kg/m229% VAT) retention rate was 89.8% and 79.3% completed an eligible MRI. Both MED diets achieved similar reductions in moderate body weight (MED: −2.7%, green MED: −3.9%) and waist circumference (MED: −4.7%, green MED: −5.7%). However, those on the Green MED diet lost VAT (HDG: – 4.2%, MED: – 6.0%, Green MED: – 14.1%; p < 0.05, regardless of age, gender, waist circumference, or weight loss).green tea, walnuts, and Wolfia globosareduced red meat intake; higher total plasma polyphenols (mainly hippuric acid), and elevated urine Urolithin A Polyphenols were significantly associated with increased VAT losses (p < 0.05, multivariate model).
Conclusion
A Green MED diet rich in plant-based polyphenols and low in red and processed meats may be a potent intervention to promote regression of visceral fat.
Trial registration
ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03020186
