Why you should give the Mediterranean diet a try
From Harvard Thinking by Harvard University
November 19, 2025 · 25 min · Season 1 · Episode 19
About this episode
This episode discusses the benefits of the Mediterranean diet with experts in nutrition.
Many diets claim to be good for you. But the Mediterranean diet rises to the top with its research-proven benefits: it’s been shown to increase life expectancy; decrease risk for dementia; improve mental health and cognitive function; and lower the risk of heart disease for nearly every demographic. What is it that makes the diet so great? In this episode, host Samantha Laine Perfas discuss the Mediterranean diet with nutritional psychiatrist Uma Naidoo and Mediterranean diet expert Miguel Ángel Martínez-González about how people can make nutritional changes that work for them day to day.
People in this episode
Host: Samantha Laine Perfas
Guests: Uma Naidoo, Miguel Ángel Martínez-González
Topics covered
- Mediterranean diet
- nutrition
- health benefits
- mental health
- cognitive function
- heart disease
Keywords
- Mediterranean diet
- nutrition
- health
- cognitive function
- heart disease
- mental health
- life expectancy
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Mediterranean diet
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