Benefícios da dieta mediterrânea na prevenção de aterosclerose

Abstract

The Mediterranean Diet is a feeding pattern that show many benefits in atherosclerosis prevention, which is a fat congestion and other substances in the artery causing others health complications such as myocardial infarction (MI), cerebrovascular accident (CVA), stroke. Number of people who has cardiovascular disease in Brazil is increasingly and it is unquestionable that people lifestyle about feeding is one of prevention facts and treatment of this pathology. We have done a literature review of scientific research about the last ten years, and we have gotten relevant dates when we compare Mediterranean feeding pattern and Western feeding pattern, we could realize that Western population show high numbers of death caused by cardiovascular disease and other comorbidities. Despite being a feeding pattern that came from another region (Mediterranean Sea), it is possible to apply to Brazilian population, because there are foods present in our culture which we can prioritize for example: in natura and minimally processed foods, mono and polyunsaturated fat, cereals. The opposite of Western culture, Brazil has a feeding pattern based in fast foods, saturated fat and ultra-processed food. The Brazilian food-based guideline gives recommendation similar to Mediterranean diet, in addition, how to plant and how to eat properly, it is a feeding pattern recognized by UNESCO as Intagible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, what can be a healthier and more sustainable food lifestyle.