Editorial: Analyzing the Relationship Between Dietary Patterns, Health Outcomes, and Individual Food Choices

Diet is amajor contributor to human health and proper food choices can greatly improve prognosis (1). The mechanisms of action underlying the effects of selected food items are still under active investigation. This is why it is important to collect epidemiological, experimental, and biochemical data on individual food choices and health outcomes. One example (but there are many other ones) is that of the Mediterranean diet, where a collection of ample epidemiological evidence (2) coupled with literally hundreds of biochemical studies elucidating the cellular actions of selected components such as olive oil (3) or legumes (4), and at least one large clinical trial.