According to a large scale cohort study of 380,296 people aged 50 - 71 with no history of chronic disease, eating a Mediterranean diet can cut the risk of dying early.
Participants were divided into three groups according to their dietary habits and were then followed-up over a five-year period. The study found that those who followed a Mediterranean diet closely were less likely to die of cancer or heart disease. The authors concluded that their study provided strong evidence that higher conformity with the Mediterranean diet is associated with lower mortality rate.
Source: "Mediterranean Dietary Pattern and Prediction of All-Cause Mortality in a US Population: Results From the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study" Archives of Internal Medicine. 2007;167(22):2461-2468
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