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Mediterranean Diet and Invasive Breast Cancer Risk Among Women at High Cardiovascular Risk in the PREDIMED Trial
2015
Importance Breast cancer is the leading cause of female cancer burden, and its incidence has increased by more than 20% worldwide since 2008. Some observational studies have suggested that the Mediterranean diet may reduce the risk of breast cancer. Objective To evaluate the effect of 2 interventions with Mediterranean diet vs the advice to follow a low-fat diet (control) on breast cancer incidence. Design, Setting, and Participants The PREDIMED study is a 1:1:1 randomized, single-blind, controlled field trial conducted at primary health care centers in Spain. From 2003 to 2009, 4282 women aged 60 to 80 years and at high cardiovascular disease risk were recruited after invitation by their p…
Cassate, cannoli e altri miti
2020
On the one hand, there are the traditional Sicilian sweets, with their composition, shape and taste; on the other hand, there are the times and the spaces in which they are consumed, but also those in which they are prepared. For each of these aspects, which are not of a linguistic nature, there are multiple discourses that take them as their object, articulating their meaning. The objective of this essay is to put all these heterogeneous sources into dialogue in an attempt to identify the structures they have in common. This research does not aim to establish the origin of the Sicilians' interest in sweets, but rather the way in which in this island, crossroads of many peoples, a system ha…
Mangiare, viaggiare, fotografare
2020
C’è un nesso, logico e narrativo al tempo stesso, che non si finirà mai di considerare fondamentale, nella nostra come in altre culture: è quello fra mangiare e viaggiare, gustare preziose ghiottonerie e incontrare in nuovi luoghi altre popolazioni. Certo, c’è la cucina di casa, le tradizioni gastronomiche locali, il chilometro zero. Ma sono per lo più invenzioni leggendarie, o quanto meno turistiche. E ci sono tante persone che per tutta la vita ingurgitano sempre la stessa cosa, di modo che la minima variazione di gusto le mette in crisi peggio che l’imbattersi in un idioma sconosciuto. Ma sono soggetti da guardare con allarmato sospetto, poiché sempre pronti a garantire la sedicente – e …