Mediterranean Diet helps you live longer

New research proves that a Mediterranean Diet will help people live 3 years longer. This study is known as H70. Scientists have studied the effects on older people for more than 40 years. They compared thousands of 70-year-olds who eat the diet with others who have eaten more meat and animal products. Another similar study had been done on children which showed the same results.

Gianluca Tognon, a scientist at the University of Gothenberg, Sweden, said: "This means in practice that older people who eat a Mediterranean diet live an estimated two to three years longer than those who don't."

"The conclusion we can draw from these studies is that there is no doubt that a Mediterranean diet is linked to better health, not only for the elderly but also for youngsters."