Finding a diet that works can be incredibly difficult.

Those looking for a diet that'll help with lessening the pains of the aging process will be pleasantly surprised that following a Mediterranean diet works as it appears to keep people genetically young, stated researchers, according to BBC News.

The new study, which was published in the British Medical Journal, reportedly claims that the Mediterranean diet is the one that works for those looking to turn back the clock as the mix of vegetables, olive oil, fresh fish and fruit may stop our DNA code from "scrambling" as we age.

For the study, researchers from Boston reportedly followed the health of nearly 5,000 nurses over more than a decade, as has reportedly found that a Mediterranean diet helps protect our DNA.

Why is the Mediterranean diet the one that works out of all others?

The key components that make up a Mediterranean diet - an abundance of fresh fruit and vegetables, poultry and fish - have reportedly all been documented to have beneficial effects on the body. Also, foods that are rich in vitamins reportedly help when the body deals with stress and lessens the damage of tissues and cells.

The research team, led by Immaculata De Vivo, associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, reportedly found that women who ate a Mediterranean diet had cells that were different from those who ate diets that included more red meats and dairy products, according to TIME.

The women who ate more Mediterranean food reportedly had longer telomeres, which are bits of DNA located at the tips of chromosomes, in their cells. Previous studies have reportedly linked longer telomeres to longer life.

Even after De Vivo adjusted for other factors that could affect telomere length, including age, smoking status and the amount of physical activity, the link between the Mediterranean diet and longer telomeres reportedly remained strong.

"Our contribution is that we provide a link at the molecular level, at the DNA level, of the association between the Mediterranean diet and longevity and beneficial health effects," stated De Vivo.

She added, "We didn't find that any single component was driving the association. It was the entire package, the pattern of eating [Mediterranean food] itself."