Role of Mediterranean Diet in Diabetes Management

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Introduction
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2019) stated that type 1 and type 2
diabetes mellitus accounted for 0.3% and 2.2 % of overall disease burden in Australia in the
year 2015. The poor socio-economic status is associated with higher incidence and
prevalence of diabetes related hospitalization and death. Approximately 1 million of
hospitalizations are associated with diabetes development in 2016 to 2017. It is estimated that
nearly 1.2 million Australian adults are suffering from diabetes (2017 to 2018). () are of the
opinion that improvement in the lifestyle conditions like physical activity and diet helps to
reduce the chances and severity of developing typ1 and type 2 diabetes will a special mention
to type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The following literature review will focus on the role of
non-pharmacological intervention like the consumption of the Mediterranean diet in effective
diabetes management.
Rationale
The rate of occurrence of T2DM is higher than T1DM and mainly the older adults are
victims of T2DM. Poor lifestyle condition, consumption of alcohol, smoking of cigarettes,
sedentary lifestyles are the principal factors behind the development of T2DM among the
older adults. T2DM is insulin independent diabetes mellitus are thus improvement of the
lifestyle factors are the principal interventions behind the effective management of T2DM
(Zinman et al., 2015). Inzucchi et al. (2015) and Fuchsberger et al. (2016) are of the opinion
that older adults who are over 65 years of age experiences problems in conducting regular
physical activities due to neurological complications and pain in the joints. Thus, proper
management of diet is regarded as promising interventions for the effective management of
T2DM. Traditional anti-diabetic diet include low carbohydrate and low sugar diet. However,

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recent advancement in the domain of non-pharmacological interventions laid to the
foundation of new dietary management for T2DM that is Mediterranean diet.
Research question
What is the effectiveness of MedDiet in controlling the severity of T2DM over adults?
Literature Research Strategy
Inclusion Criteria Exclusion Criteria
Papers published within last 10 years Papers published before 2011
Peer-reviewed journals
Studies published in English
List of keywords Boolean Operators used List of databases
Mediterranean diet AND/ OR Cochrane
Type 2 diabetes Mellitus,
Type2 Diabetes, diabetes
PubMed
Management PsycInfo
Control CINHAL
Review of Literature
Several studies have provided evidences supporting the importance of the
Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) on managing the vulnerability of type 2 diabetes mellitus
(T2DM) and other metabolic syndrome (MetS). The review conducted by Salas-Salvadó et al.
(2015) over the present scientific evidence gathered from currentgic studies and other clinical