title: Mediterranean diet and oxidation: nuts and olive oil as important sources of fat and antioxidants.
abstract: Oxidative stress has been involved in the aetiology of hypertension, insulin resistance, the metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease and other chronic conditions. Several epidemiological studies suggest that a diet rich in natural antioxidants is associated with protective effects against major diseases, especially cardiovascular disease. The Mediterranean diet is rich in fat and foods with important antioxidant properties, such as fruits and vegetables, olive oil, and nuts. In this review we focus on epidemiological evidence and clinical trials that relate the Mediterranean diet with oxidative stress markers. We focus our review on two important Mediterranean vegetable sources of potentially oxidized fat-olive oil and nuts.
authors.affiliation: Unitat de Nutrició Humana, Departament de Bioquímica i Biotecnologia, Hospital Universitari de Sant Joan, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain.
authors.forename: Mònica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bulló
authors.forename: Rosa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lamuela-Raventós
authors.forename: Jordi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Salas-Salvadó
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D038441:Diet, Mediterranean; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005609:Free Radicals / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D051379:Mice; D009754:Nuts / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D000069463:Olive Oil; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction / Q000187:drug effects; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D016166:Free Radical Scavengers; D005609:Free Radicals; D000069463:Olive Oil; D010938:Plant Oils