Finds Mediterranean Diet May Ward Off Frailty

If you read this site regularly, you know we believe following the Mediterranean 

diet.

Research has shown following the guidelines can decrease risk for chronic 

conditions, and improve brain power. Some studies have even found eating the 

Mediterranean way can lower.

But now there's new research to suggest that following the primarily plant-based 

diet can even make you heartier.

While acknowledging that "consensus has not been reached on a standard 

definition" of frailty, the researchers listed a number of negative signs indicating 

that a older person was frail, including "falls, fractures, hospitalization, nursing 

home placement, disability, dementia, and premature death."

"We found the evidence was very consistent that older people who follow a 

Mediterranean diet had a lower risk of becoming frail," said lead researcher Dr. 

Kate Walters. "People who followed a Mediterranean diet the most were overall 

less than half as likely to become frail over a nearly four-year period compared 

with those who followed it the least."