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====Optimal diet====
{{See also|Sustainable consumption#Sustainable food consumption}}
Approaches to develop optimal diets for health- and lifespan (or "longevity diets")<ref name="Longo-2022"/> include:
* modifying the Mediterranean diet as the baseline via [[nutrition science]]. For instance, via:
**(additional) increase in [[plant-based diet|plant-based]]<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Mariotti F, Gardner CD | title = Dietary Protein and Amino Acids in Vegetarian Diets-A Review | journal = Nutrients | volume = 11 | issue = 11 | pages = 2661 | date = November 2019 | pmid = 31690027 | pmc = 6893534 | doi = 10.3390/nu11112661 | doi-access = free }}</ref><ref name="Longo-2022"/> foods alongside additional restriction of [[Meat#Health|meat intake]]<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Fong BY, Chiu WK, Chan WF, Lam TY | title = A Review Study of a Green Diet and Healthy Ageing | journal = International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | volume = 18 | issue = 15 | pages = 8024 | date = July 2021 | pmid = 34360317 | doi = 10.3390/ijerph18158024 | pmc = 8345706 | doi-access = free }}</ref> – [[Environmental impact of meat production#Meat reduction and health|meat reduction is (or can be) typically healthy]],<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Parlasca MC, Qaim M |title=Meat Consumption and Sustainability |journal=Annual Review of Resource Economics |date=5 October 2022 |volume=14 |issue=1 |pages=17–41 |doi=10.1146/annurev-resource-111820-032340 |issn=1941-1340|doi-access=free }}</ref>
**keeping alcohol consumption of any type at a minimum – conventional Mediterranean diets include alcohol consumption (i.e. [[Health effects of wine#Moderate consumption|of wine]]), which is under research due to [[long-term impact of alcohol on the brain|data suggesting negative long-term brain impacts]] even at low/moderate consumption levels.<ref>{{cite journal | title = Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 | journal = Lancet | volume = 392 | issue = 10152 | pages = 1015–1035 | date = September 2018 | pmid = 30146330 | pmc = 6148333 | doi = 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31310-2 | last1 = Griswold | first1 = Max G. | last2 = Fullman | first2 = Nancy | last3 = Hawley | first3 = Caitlin | last4 = Arian | first4 = Nicholas | last5 = Zimsen | first5 = Stephanie R M. | last6 = Tymeson | first6 = Hayley D. | last7 = Venkateswaran | first7 = Vidhya | last8 = Tapp | first8 = Austin Douglas | last9 = Forouzanfar | first9 = Mohammad H. | last10 = Salama | first10 = Joseph S. | last11 = Abate | first11 = Kalkidan Hassen | last12 = Abate | first12 = Degu | last13 = Abay | first13 = Solomon M. | last14 = Abbafati | first14 = Cristiana | last15 = Abdulkader | first15 = Rizwan Suliankatchi | last16 = Abebe | first16 = Zegeye | last17 = Aboyans | first17 = Victor | last18 = Abrar | first18 = Mohammed Mehdi | last19 = Acharya | first19 = Pawan | last20 = Adetokunboh | first20 = Olatunji O. | last21 = Adhikari | first21 = Tara Ballav | last22 = Adsuar | first22 = Jose C. | last23 = Afarideh | first23 = Mohsen | last24 = Agardh | first24 = Emilie Elisabet | last25 = Agarwal | first25 = Gina | last26 = Aghayan | first26 = Sargis Aghasi | last27 = Agrawal | first27 = Sutapa | last28 = Ahmed | first28 = Muktar Beshir | last29 = Akibu | first29 = Mohammed | last30 = Akinyemiju | first30 = Tomi | display-authors = 1 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Facts about moderate drinking {{!}} CDC |url=https://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/fact-sheets/moderate-drinking.htm |website=www.cdc.gov |language=en-us |date=19 April 2022}}</ref> 
**fully replacing refined grains – some guidelines of Mediterranean diets do not clarify or include the principle of [[whole-grain]] consumption instead of refined grains. Whole grains are included in Mediterranean diets.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Widmer RJ, Flammer AJ, Lerman LO, Lerman A | title = The Mediterranean diet, its components, and cardiovascular disease | journal = The American Journal of Medicine | volume = 128 | issue = 3 | pages = 229–238 | date = March 2015 | pmid = 25447615 | pmc = 4339461 | doi = 10.1016/j.amjmed.2014.10.014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Ventriglio A, Sancassiani F, Contu MP, Latorre M, Di Slavatore M, Fornaro M, Bhugra D | title = Mediterranean Diet and its Benefits on Health and Mental Health: A Literature Review | journal = Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health | volume = 16 | issue = Suppl-1 | pages = 156–164 | date = 2020 | pmid = 33029192 | pmc = 7536728 | doi = 10.2174/1745017902016010156 }}</ref>