José Alfredo Martínez

TL;DR: Among persons at high cardiovascular risk, a Mediterranean diet supplemented with extra-virgin olive oil or nuts reduced the incidence of major cardiovascular events.

TL;DR: This review summarizes the known mechanisms involved in the anti-inflammatory activity of flavonoids and the implications of these effects on the protection against cancer and cardiovascular disease.

TL;DR: The Spanish Ministry of Health—Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII) funded the project for the period 2003–05 and in 2006 a new funding modality was established by ISCIII through the CIBER, which is providing funding for 7 of the original research groups, whereas the other 12 were funded by a new research network.

TL;DR: Independent associations of leisure-time physical activity (inverse) and amount of time spent sitting down (direct) with BMI were found, consistent with the view that a reduction in energy expenditure during leisure time may be the main determinant of the current epidemic of obesity.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the phenolic and flavonoid contents of eight types of edible mushrooms (Agaricus bisporus, Boletus edulis, Calocybe gambosa, Cantharellus cibarius, Craterellus cornucopioides, Hygrophorus marzuolus, Lactarius deliciosus and Pleurotus ostreatus ) by means of high performance liquid chromatography.