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NEW YORK (Reuters) -- People who eat a healthy diet live longer than those who do not, according to a study of middle-aged and elderly men in Finland, the Netherlands, and Italy. The advantage adds up to a 13% reduction in mortality risk for healthy eaters compared with the rest of the population. "The World Health Organization (WHO) dietary recommendations for the prevention of chronic diseases seem to be effective," reported lead researcher Patricia Huijbregts in the current issue of the British Medical Journal. "The dietary pattern as a whole is more important than specific dietary components with respect to survival among older people," according to Huijbregts, of the National Institute of Public Health and the Environment in Bilthoven, the Netherlands. The study included 3,045 men, aged 50 to 70, in 1970 who were followed for a 20-year period. Huijbregts and colleagues estimated the dietary intake of the men in a 6- to 12-month period, a method called the healthy dietary indicator. The men were given a point for each of the following dietary factors: if their diet contained less than 10% of calories from saturated fat; 3% to 7% from polyunsaturated fat; 10% to 15% from protein; and 50% to 70% from complex carbohydrates, such as pasta, beans, rice or potatoes. Other health factors included in the indicator were consuming 27 to 40 grams of fiber, 400 grams of fruits and vegetables, more than 30 grams of nuts and seeds, and less than 300 milligrams of cholesterol a day. After taking into account age, smoking and drinking habits, those men who scored the highest on the healthy diet indicator had 13% lower risk of dying during the 20-year period compared with those who scored the lowest. "A healthy diet, as measured by an indicator based on WHO recommendations, is associated with a reduction of 13% after 20 years in all cause mortality," the authors concluded. The study was conducted with researchers at the University of Helsinki and University of Kuopio in Finland, the University of Perugia in Italy, and the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. SOURCE: British Medical Journal (1997;315:1-10)
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