Less drugs and more healthy interventions!! In these papers we learn that non-pharmachological interventions as exercise and healthy diet have huge benefits.
Reduced risk of death with aerobic and muscle strength activity. Min Zhao reviewed the National Health Interview Survey (1997-2014) in US and found that adults who engage in leisure time aerobic and muscle strengthening activities at levels recommended by the 2018 physical activity guidelines for Americans show greatly reduced risk of all cause and cause specific mortality. This suggest that the physical activity levels recommended in the guidelines are associated with important survival benefits.
Markers of fruit and vegetables consumption inversely related to T2DM risk. Sheng Zheng from Cambridge studied levels of carotenoids and vitamin C as marker of fruit and vegetable consumptions and incidence of T2DM and found a negative correlation, suggesting that diets rich in even modestly higher fruit and vegetable
consumption could help to prevent development of type 2 diabetes.
Whole grain consumption reduces incidence of T2DM. Yang Hu studied in Boston from Nurses’ Health Study (1984-2014), Nurses’ Health Study II (1991-2017), and Health Professionals Follow-Up Study (1986-2016), United States, intake of food rich in whole grain and incidence of self-reported type 2 diabetes. Correlation was inverse, reinforcing recommendations of increasing whole grain consumption as part of a healthy diet for the prevention of type 2 diabetes.
Protein intake and mortality risk. Naghshi from Tehran found that higher intake of total protein was associated with a lower risk of all cause mortality, and intake of plant protein with lower risk of all cause and cardiovascular disease mortality. That implies that replacement of foods high in animal protein with plant protein sources could be associated with longevity.
