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Older women who ate the Mediterranean diet have a lower risk of hip fracture compared to those who ate a healthier diet, according to a recent study.
The Mediterranean - diet is gaining popularity among health enthusiasts because of its health benefits based on evidence. Was published in the new study in the Archives of Internal Medicine, bones can also benefit from this scheme.
Researchers at the University of Würzburg, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) study whether the performance quality of bone health are affected in older postmenopausal women.
A Mediterranean diet is rich in fruits, vegetables, nuts, legumes, whole grains, fish, nuts and olive oil. The diet is relatively easy to follow with only eat mostly plant foods. Replace butter with healthy fats such as olive oil and herbs use is also required in place of salt.
The researchers conducted a post-hoc analysis of longitudinal data from 40 clinical centers in the United States. Observational Study of Women's Health Initiative (WHI) consists of all data used in the document.
More than 100,000 women aged 50 to 79 years were eligible for the study question were asked, the WHI food frequency questionnaire to answer. The team analyzed the diet of women and whether they suffered a hip fracture over a period of 16 years.
Approximately 90,014 women were included in the data analysis and the researchers compared the eating habits of four common healthy diet, including the Mediterranean diet, the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) and two others.
"Membership exceeds the Mediterranean - diet is associated with a lower risk of hip fracture This results a model of healthy eating to support a role in maintaining bone health in postmenopausal women can play." The researchers concluded .
At the end of the study, 2121 women hip fractures and total fractures underwent 28.718. Older women who had followed a Mediterranean diet is a risk of 0.29 percent fewer hip fractures than women who do not follow the diet.
"Our results provide assurance that the widely recommended feeding practices not to increase the risk of fractures", has declared , at the University of Würzburg Dr. Bernhard Haring and senior author of the study.
"That is, the average woman, you should follow a healthy lifestyle, including the adoption of a model of a healthy diet and physical activity," he added.
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