Well begun is half done, says the proverb. It is also true for "build" their own health as adults: a study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism has demonstrated that nutrition intervention for adolescents to teach them how to reduce fat and eat more foods rich in fiber has effects very important in the long term. Who soon begins to eat properly, when he grew up, found itself with pressure and blood sugar levels lower than those in the first years of life has an inadequate diet.STUDY - The study, conducted at the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, examined 230 women aged 25 to 29 years, nine years earlier, between 14 and 20 years, had participated in the " Dietary Intervention Study in Children , "an experiment to which had sought to limit the intake of fat below 28 percent of daily calories while increasing consumption of fiber from fruits and vegetables. The purpose of Joanne Dorgan, the coordinator of the new study, was the realization that he had long-term effects this action "decided" on the diet of a group of teenagers, many years later by measuring pressure, blood sugar and body fat accumulated then put the data in comparison with those of young women who, in previous experiments, had constituted the control group.
POSITIVE EFFECTS - "Few women had items such as to assume the metabolic syndrome in place, but by young people who ate a diet low in fat and high fiber intake had pressure and fasting glucose significantly lower than "ex-teen" that were not addressed to a healthy diet - says Dorgan -. This means that diet during adolescence can have significant long-term, with differences that are significant already after ten years, when we are young adults. Now we want to understand whether the benefits of a diet low in fat and many fibers remain even longer, fully-aged adult. " Why a regimen with low-fat is so wholesome guessed: the Western diet (which is approaching with great strides also our power, once soundly Mediterranean), rich in fat and refined grains, is now recognized as a factor that predisposes development of the metabolic syndrome, a "mix" of risk factors that includes abdominal obesity, pressure, triglycerides and high blood sugar associated with low levels of HDL "good". "Our data show that good and lasting results to see just reduce fat intake even slightly, not dramatically, especially if this is associated with a good intake of fiber - the researcher observes -. It is important that good habits are learned early, at the latest during adolescence in childhood or even better. " This is because it is much more difficult to change habits as adults, if we learn from an early age in a healthy way to feed is then natural to have a healthy lifestyle, and will be much easier to follow a balanced diet every day.
