Following a Mediterranean Diet can Prevent You from Overeating

Eating a Mediterranean diet may keep people from overeating and help maintain a healthy weight by protecting against obesity and liver diseases.

Following a Mediterranean diet not only prevents overeating but also protects against obesity and liver diseases, reveals a new study. The findings of the study are published in the journal Obesity.

In the study, the researchers from Wake Forest School of Medicine, US compared the effects of a Mediterranean diet with those of a Western diet in non-human primates.

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"By comparison, the animals on a Western diet ate far more than they needed and gained weight," said Carol A. Shively, Professor of pathology at the varsity.

The researchers found that the animals, following a Mediterranean diet, chose not to eat all the food available to them, which meant they maintained lower body weight.

"What we found was that the group on the Mediterranean diet actually ate fewer calories, had lower body weight and had less body fat than those on the Western diet," Shively added.

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The researchers said the Western diet was developed by companies that want customers to overconsume their food.

"The Western diet was developed and promoted by companies who want us to eat their food, so they make it hyper-palatable, meaning it hits all our buttons, so we overconsume,"

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"Eating a Mediterranean diet should allow people to enjoy their food and not overeat," Shively said.

The study also found that the Mediterranean diet protects against non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, known as NAFLD, which is associated with obesity and can cause cirrhosis of the liver and liver cancer.

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For the study, the researchers included 38 middle-aged non-human female primates, who were randomized to either the Mediterranean or Western diet for about nine years.

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