Influence of the Mediterranean Diet on Healthy Aging Andreo López, Maria Carmen Contreras Bolívar, Victoria Muñoz Torres, Manuel Eduardo García Fontana, Beatriz García Fontana, Cristina Aging Mediterranean diet Molecular pathways Microbiome The life expectancy of the global population has increased. Aging is a natural physiological process that poses major challenges in an increasingly long-lived and frail population. Several molecular mechanisms are involved in aging. Likewise, the gut microbiota, which is influenced by environmental factors such as diet, plays a crucial role in the modulation of these mechanisms. The Mediterranean diet, as well as the components present in it, offer some proof of this. Achieving healthy aging should be focused on the promotion of healthy lifestyle habits that reduce the development of pathologies that are associated with aging, in order to increase the quality of life of the aging population. In this review we analyze the influence of the Mediterranean diet on the molecular pathways and the microbiota associated with more favorable aging patterns, as well as its possible role as an anti-aging treatment. 2023-05-04T08:40:44Z 2023-05-04T08:40:44Z 2023-02-24 journal article Andreo-López, M.C.; Contreras-Bolívar, V.; Muñoz-Torres, M.; García-Fontana, B.; García-Fontana, C. Influence of the Mediterranean Diet on Healthy Aging. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24, 4491. [https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24054491] https://hdl.handle.net/10481/81325 10.3390/ijms24054491 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ open access Atribución 4.0 Internacional