Mediterranean diet, stress resilience, and aging in nonhuman primates.

ABSTRACT: Persistent psychological stress increases the risk of many chronic diseases of aging. Little progress has been made to effectively reduce stress responses or mitigate stress effects suggesting a need for better understanding of factors that influence stress responses. Limited evidence suggests that diet may be a factor in modifying the effects of stress. However, long-term studies of diet effects on stress reactive systems are not available, and controlled randomized clinical trials are difficult and costly. Here we report the outcomes of a controlled, randomized preclinical trial of the effects of long-term consumption (31 months, ~ equivalent to 9 human years) of Western versus Mediterranean - like diets on behavioral and physiological responses to acute (brief social separation) and chr

SUBMITTER: Shively CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7739065 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature