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Protective Aspects of the Mediterranean Diet

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Advances in Nutrition and Cancer

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When the concept of Mediterranean diet, with its health promoting connotations, emerged thanks to Ancel Keys1, it was in relation to the risk of ischemic heart disease. The lipid hypothesis was the prevalent and the attention was focused on the fat moiety of the diet.

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Ferro-Luzzi, A., Ghiselli, A. (1993). Protective Aspects of the Mediterranean Diet. In: Zappia, V., Salvatore, M., Della Ragione, F. (eds) Advances in Nutrition and Cancer. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 348. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2942-2_15

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