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Updated on: January 04, 2020 8:39 IST

Transplant recipients can follow Mediterranean diet to preserve kidney health: Study

A new study suggests that kidney transplant recipients who follow more of the Mediterranean diet were less likely to experience kidney loss. Adhering to a Mediterranean diet may help kidney transplant recipients to maintain the health of the transplant kidney function. The study was conducted by taking the accounts of 632 adult kidney transplant recipients with a functioning donor kidney for at least one year completed a food-related questionnaire, and adherence to the Mediterranean diet was assessed using a 9-point score.

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