A Mediterranean-type diet usually consists of more fruits and vegetables, nuts, olive oil, beans and herbs with an occasional glass of red wine. A recent study demonstrated that this type of diet lowers levels of inflammation in diabetes. According to the study, diabetic patients that had the best adherence to a Mediterranean diet had the lowest level of circulating inflammatory proteins called c-reactive proteins or CRP produced by the liver. In addition, these same diabetic patients had higher levels of adiponectin which is a hormone that is thought to play a role in glucose and lipid metabolism. All in all, the Mediterranean diet seems to reduce inflammation in diabetes. Inflammation is one of the leading causes of morbidity seen in diabetic patients.
Mediterranean diet cools down the inflammatory milieu in type 2 diabetes: the MÉDITA randomized controlled trial. Endocrine (9 February 2016) by Maria Ida I. Maiorino, Giuseppe Bellastella, Michela Petrizzo, et al. http://www.citeulike.org/user/kimberlykramer2015/article/13942467
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