Mediterranean Dietとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

Mediterranean diet (plural Mediterranean diets)

1. Any variant of a diet (food intake) traditionally typical of that eaten by people in the Mediterranean region (with olive oil, legumes, unrefined cereals, fruits and vegetables, etc. and limited meat other than fish); thought to increase life expectancy and protect against heart disease and cancer.
2. Any variant of a diet (controlled regimen) based on that principle.
   • 2023 January 6, Dani Blum, “The Mediterranean Diet Really Is That Good for You. Here’s Why.”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     In one study, published in 2018, researchers assessed nearly 26,000 women and found that those who followed the Mediterranean diet most closely for up to 12 years had about a 25 percent reduced risk of developing cardiovascular disease.

使用する際の注意点

• The distinction of sense 1 (using the articles a or the) Mediterranean diet versus sense 2 of Mediterranean cuisine is sometimes precisely made, although in broad usage the collocations are metonymically synonymous.

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