The Mediterranean Diet

<p>Section A: The Mediterranean diet: Concepts and overviews</p> <p>1. The Mediterranean diet: History, concepts and elements</p> <p>Jordi Salas-Salvadó and Christopher Papandreou</p> <p>2. Mediterranean diet: A long journey toward intangible cultural and sustainability</p> <p>Lluís Serra-Majem and F. Xavier Medina</p> <p>3. Mediterranean diet in children and adolescents</p> <p>Emmanuella Magriplis and Antonis Zampelas</p> <p>4. The Mediterranean diet and cardiovascular disease: An overview</p> <p>Emmanuella Magriplis and Antonis Zampelas</p> <p>5. Socioeconomic factors for the adherence to the Mediterranean diet in North Africa: The shift from 1990 to 2019</p> <p>Karima El Rhazi, Khaoula El Kinany, and Vanessa Garcia-Larsen</p> <p>6. Mediterranean lifestyle: Linking social life and behaviors, residential environment, and cardiovascular disease prevention</p> <p>Ekavi N. Georgousopoulou, Elena S. George, Duane D. Mellor, and Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos</p> <p>7. Orthodox religious fasting: A vital subset of the Mediterranean diet</p> <p>Theocharis Koufakis, Spyridon N. Karras, Pantelis Zebekakis, and Kalliopi Kotsa</p> <p>8. Food security and adherence to the Mediterranean diet: An interplay of socio-demographic characteristics</p> <p>Maria G. Grammatikopoulou, Konstantinos Gkiouras, Antigoni Tranidou, and Dimitrios G. Goulis</p> <p>9. Mediterranean diet, nutrition transition, and cardiovascular risk factor in children and adolescents</p> <p>Roberta Ricotti, Marina Caputo, and Flavia Prodam</p> <p>10. Precision nutrition: Mediterranean diet and genetic susceptibility</p> <p>Mahmut Cerkez Ergoren and Gulten Tuncel</p> <p>11. Mediterranean food and environmental impacts</p> <p>Youssef Aboussaleh, Hamid El Bilali, Francesco Bottalico, Gianluigi Cardone, Giovanni Ottomano Palmisano, and Roberto Capone</p> <p>12. Mediterranean adequacy index: Features and applications</p> <p>Alessandro Menotti and Paolo Emilio Puddu</p> <p>13. Nutritional adequacy of the Mediterranean diet</p> <p>Itandehui Castro Quezada, Blanca Román Viñas, and Lluís Serra-Majem</p> <p>14. Toward a Mediterranean-style diet outside the Mediterranean region: Evidence of implementation and adherence</p> <p>Fotini Tsofliou, Eirini-Iro Arvanitidou, and Xenophon Theodoridis</p> <p>Section B: Components of the Mediterranean diet</p> <p>15. Contribution of nuts to the Mediterranean diet</p> <p>Emilio Ros</p> <p>16. The Mediterranean diet and mineral composition</p> <p>Marta Mesías, Isabel Seiquer, and Cristina Delgado-Andrade</p> <p>17. Hydroxytyrosol as a component in the Mediterranean diet and its role in disease prevention</p> <p>Carmen Ramírez-Tortosa, Cristina Ramirez-Perez, José J. Gaforio, José L. Quiles, Juan A. Moreno, and Cesar L. Ramirez-Tortosa</p> <p>18. Light, regular red wine consumption at main meals: A key cardioprotective element of traditional Mediterranean diet</p> <p>Marcello Iriti, Elena Maria Varoni, and Sara Vitalini</p> <p>19. Frying a cultural way of cooking in the Mediterranean diet and how to obtain improved fried foods</p> <p>Alba Garcimartín, Adrián Macho-González, Giulia Caso, Juana Benedí, Sara Bastida, and Francisco J. Sánchez-Muniz</p> <p>20. Wild greens used in the Mediterranean diet</p> <p>Rúbia C.G. Corrêa, Francesco Di Gioia, Isabel C.F.R. Ferreira, and Spyridon A. Petropoulos</p> <p>21. Raisins and the other dried fruits: Chemical profile and health benefits</p> <p>Magdalena Jeszka-Skowron and Beata Czarczyńska-Goślińska</p> <p>22. Date palm fruit (Phoenix dactylifera): Nutritional values and potential benefits on health</p> <p>Najla Bentrad and Asma Hamida-Ferhat</p> <p>23. Dietary fiber intake and the Mediterranean population</p> <p>Ligia J. Dominguez and Mario Barbagallo</p> <p>24. Oleic acid and implications for the Mediterranean diet</p> <p>Aleksandra Arsic</p> <p>25. Fish in the Mediterranean diet</p> <p>María Molina-Vega, Ana María Gómez Pérez, and Francisco J. Tinahones</p> <p>26. The Mediterranean diet and its individual components: Linking with obesity in Italy</p> <p>Silvio Buscemi, Davide Corleo, Fabio Galvano, and Antonino De Lorenzo</p> <p>27. Bioactive compounds in oranges from the Mediterranean climate area</p> <p>Laura Cebadera-Miranda, Patricia Morales, and Montaña Cámara</p> <p>Section C</p> <p>Medical, health, and nutritional</p> <p>aspects of the Mediterranean diet</p> <p>28. Gestational diabetes mellitus and Mediterranean diet principles</p> <p>Carla Assaf-Balut, Nuria García de la Torre, Laura del Valle, Johanna Valerio, Alejandra Durán, Elena Bordiú, Ana Barabash, Miguel Rubio, and Alfonso Luis Calle-Pascual</p> <p>29. The Mediterranean diet and asthma</p> <p>Despina Koumpagioti, Barbara Boutopoulou, and Konstantinos Douros</p> <p>30. The Mediterranean diet, dietary inflammatory index, and adiposity</p> <p>Cristina Galarregui, M. Angeles Zulet, J. Alfredo Martínez, and Itziar Abete</p> <p>31. Microglia-mediated neuroinflammation and Mediterranean diet</p> <p>Ruth Hornedo-Ortega, Rocío M. de Pablos, Ana B. Cerezo, Tristan Richard, M. Carmen Garcia-Parrilla, and Ana M. Troncoso</p> <p>32. Mediterranean diet, inflammation, and telomere length maintenance</p> <p>Sergio Davinelli and Giovanni Scapagnini</p> <p>33. Olive oil nutraceuticals and chronic disease prevention: More than an offshoot of the Mediterranean diet</p> <p>Ahmad Alkhatib</p> <p>34. The Mediterranean diet and metabolic syndrome</p> <p>E. Gouveri, G. Marakomichelakis, and E.J. Diamantopoulos</p> <p>35. The Mediterranean diet and breast cancer risk</p> <p>Christiana A. Demetriou, Maria G. Kakkoura, Andreas Hadjisavvas, Maria A. Loizidou, Carlotta Sacerdote, Paolo Vineis, and Kyriacos Kyriacou</p> <p>36. The Mediterranean diet and arthritis</p> <p>Francesca Oliviero, Paolo Sfriso, Paola Galozzi, Leonardo Punzi, and Paolo Spinella</p> <p>37. Mediterranean diet and pregnancy</p> <p>E. Gesteiro, Francisco J. Sánchez-Muniz, and Sara Bastida</p> <p>38. Laryngopharyngeal reflux and the Mediterranean diet</p> <p>Craig H. Zalvan, Jan Geliebter, and Raj Tiwari</p> <p>39. The Mediterranean style diet and cognition</p> <p>Roy J. Hardman and Melissa Formica</p> <p>40. Mediterranean diet and mental well-being in the young</p> <p>J.J. Muros and E. Knox</p> <p>41. Mediterranean diet and female fertility: Cross-talk of an evidence-based approach</p> <p>Maria G. Grammatikopoulou, Maria Lampropoulou, and Dimitrios G. Goulis</p> <p>42. Mediterranean diet and the postprandial state: A focus on inflammation, endothelial dysfunction, and hemostasis</p> <p>Paraskevi Detopoulou, Elizabeth Fragopoulou, Tzortzis Nomikos, and Smaragdi Antonopoulou</p> <p>43. Socioeconomic determinants of the adherence to the Mediterranean diet</p> <p>Marialaura Bonaccio, Americo Bonanni, Maria Benedetta Donati, Giovanni de Gaetano, and Licia Iacoviello</p> <p>44. Fungal species and toxins in wines and grapes in the Mediterranean area</p> <p>Francesco Tini, Giovanni Beccari, and Lorenzo Covarelli</p> <p>45. Metabolomics and the Mediterranean diet</p> <p>M. Isabel Ruiz-Moreno, Alberto Vilches-Perez, Cristina Gallardo-Escribano, Maria Garces-Martin, and M. Rosa Bernal-Lopez46. Antiinflammatory activity exerted by minor compounds found in virgin olive oilsCristina Sánchez-Quesada, Carmen Rodríguez-García, and José J. Gaforio</p> <p> </p> <p>Section D: Novel nutraceuticals and edible plants used in the Mediterranean region</p> <p>47. Effects of nutraceuticals of Mediterranean diet on aging and longevity</p> <p>Anna Aiello, Giulia Accardi, Calogero Caruso, and Giuseppina Candore</p> <p>48. Essential oils from Mediterranean aromatic plants</p> <p>Filomena Nazzaro, Laura De Martino, Florinda, Fratianni, and Vincenzo De Feo</p> <p>49. Apoptotic activities of Mediterranean plants</p> <p>José-Luis Ríos and Isabel Andújar</p> <p>50. Red wine and atherosclerosis: Implications for the Mediterranean diet</p> <p>Bianca Scolaro</p>