SynthesisNutrients2023
Mediterranean Diet and Sarcopenia Features in Apparently Healthy Adults over 65 Years: A Systematic Review.
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- Scientific evidence supporting the newly developed one-health labeling tool "Med-Index": an umbrella systematic review on health benefits of mediterranean diet principles and adherence in a planeterranean perspective.Journal of translational medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Vitamin D as a Modulator of Sarcopenia in Women: Interactions with Dietary Patterns and Physical Exercise.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Inflammaging and Sarcopenia as Interconnected Hallmarks of Aging: Integrative Roles of Bioactive Compounds and Lifestyle Interventions.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Sarcopenia in cognitive disorders: Toward a shared pathophysiological framework.Osteoporosis and sarcopenia · 2026Review
- Associations between Mediterranean diet adherence and body composition and metabolic outcomes in older adults at risk of sarcopenic obesity.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Longevity, Centenarians, and Lifestyle: Any ''Tips'' to Live Longer?Current nutrition reports · 2026Review
- Association of Healthy Eating Index-2020 with muscle mass among the middle-aged individuals - a cross-sectional study based on NHANES from 2011 to 2018.Nutrition journal · 2025Article
- The relationship between elderly dietary index and sarcopenia: a case-control study.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- DASH diet as a preventive strategy for sarcopenia: integrated observational and mendelian randomization analyses in US adults.Nutrition & metabolism · 2025Article
- Can malnutrition, dietary habits, and diet quality be determinant factors in frailty, sarcopenia, low physical function, and depression in older adults?BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Food as medicine: white and whole-grain bread consumption in relation to sarcopenia among older adults, insights from the Birjand Longitudinal Aging Study (BLAS).Aging clinical and experimental research · 2025Article
- Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: A story of muscle and mass.World journal of gastroenterology · 2025Article
- Vitamin D and Colorectal Cancer Prevention: Immunological Mechanisms, Inflammatory Pathways, and Nutritional Implications.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Phytochemicals as Chemo-Preventive and Therapeutic Agents Against Bladder Cancer: A Comprehensive Review.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Effects of exercise and nutrition in improving sarcopenia in liver cirrhosis patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition · 2025Article
- Are Dietary Patterns Relevant for Reducing the Risk of Fractures and Sarcopenia?Current osteoporosis reports · 2025Review
- Associations Between Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and Incident Sarcopenia in Prospective Cohort Studies.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Elevated risk of possible sarcopenia and weak muscle strength with higher dietary inflammatory index in Iranian breast cancer survivors: a cross-sectional study.BMC nutrition · 2025Article
- The association between living habits, physical activity level and sarcopenia in chinese older adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
Low muscle mass combined with changes in physical function and muscle quality is defined as sarcopenia. In people > 60 years, sarcopenia reaches 10% and tends to increase with age. Individual nutrients, such as protein, may have a protective role against sarcopenia, but recent evidence suggests that protein alone has been ineffective in increasing muscle strength. Dietary patterns, instead, with a high "anti-inflammatory" potential, such as the Mediterranean dietary pattern, have been considered as an emerging dietary remedy against sarcopenia. The aim of this systematic review was to summarize the evidence of the role of Mediterranean diet in sarcopenia prevention and/or improvement, including recent data, in healthy elders. We searched published studies about sarcopenia and the Mediterranean diet until December 2022 in Pubmed, Cochrane, Scopus search engine and grey literature. In total, ten articles were identified as relevant: four cross-sectional studies and six prospective. No clinical trial was identified. Only three studies assessed sarcopenia presence and four measured muscle mass, which is an essential criterion in sarcopenia diagnosis. Mediterranean diet adherence had, in general, a positive role in muscle mass and muscle function, while the results were less clear with regard to muscle strength. Additionally, there was no evidence of a positive effect of the Mediterranean diet on sarcopenia. There is a need for conduction of clinical trials in order to reach cause-effects conclusions regarding the importance of the Mediterranean diet in sarcopenia prevention and management in Mediterranean and non-Mediterranean populations.
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