Mediterranean diet wins
New coverage highlights a Tim Spector‑flagged 'superfood' claimed to lower risks of heart disease, stroke and some cancers as part of a Mediterranean‑style diet coverage — and separate research shows Mediterranean eating plus omega‑3 supplements reduced acne severity in a clinical study study note.
Tim Spector championed extra‑virgin olive oil in a short video on his social channels, calling it “one of” the few foods he’d consider a superfood and linking his claim to long‑term Mediterranean diet evidence. diningandcooking.com The largest randomized trial often cited for olive oil’s benefits, PREDIMED, enrolled 7,447 Spanish adults at high cardiovascular risk and randomly assigned them to a Mediterranean diet plus extra‑virgin olive oil, a Mediterranean diet plus mixed nuts, or a low‑fat control. nejm.org PREDIMED’s republished analysis found roughly a 30% relative reduction in the composite of myocardial infarction, stroke, or cardiovascular death in the Mediterranean groups, and the reanalysis followed a 2018 republication after randomization irregularities were disclosed. bmj.com The acne trial behind the coverage was a prospective intervention published in the Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology (DOI 10.1111/jocd.16434) that enrolled 60 people with mild‑to‑moderate acne and combined a Mediterranean‑style dietary intervention with algae‑derived EPA/DHA supplementation over 16 weeks. onlinelibrary.wiley.com Investigators reported significant drops in both inflammatory and non‑inflammatory lesion counts and improved quality‑of‑life scores, noting that 98.3% of participants were omega‑3 deficient at baseline and those who reached target HS‑omega‑3 index levels showed the largest clinical gains. newsroom.wiley.com Taken together, the PREDIMED trial’s multi‑year cardiovascular endpoint data (median follow‑up ~4.8 years) and the 16‑week dermatology intervention illustrate two different, study‑level outcomes tied to Mediterranean‑pattern eating and specific components such as extra‑virgin olive oil or EPA/DHA supplementation. acc.org
