The Definition of a Mediterranean Diet

The Mediterranean diet is a scientifically proven nutritional concept which states that consuming olive oil along with high levels of fruit and vegetables will lower the risk of heart disease and help combat obesity.

The Mediterranean Diet also consists of:

·        A moderate consumption of fish and poultry.

·        A moderate consumption of red wine.

·        A low consumption of red meat and dairy products.

Countless studies on the Mediterranean Diet have been carried out by scientists keen to discover why the cases of heart disease and obesity are so low in the countries that border the Mediterranean Sea.

The largest of these studies was conducted by Dr Dimitrios Trichopoulos of both the ‘University of Athens Medical School’ and ‘The Harvard School of Public Health’.

This particular study involved analyzing the dietary habits of almost 25,000 people aged 60 and over in 9 different countries. Some of the participants were consuming a typical Mediterranean diet and some were following a typical American diet - one high in saturated fats. After examining these participants for a number of years, it was concluded that those who followed the Mediterranean Diet lived significantly longer and had less chance of being obese than those who followed the typical American high fat diet.

Ancel Keys (now 96 years of age) was one of the first people to promote the health benefits of the Mediterranean diet. As a young scientist he also proved that those who lived in countries where fresh fruit and vegetables were in abundance and olive oil flowed freely had exceedingly low rates of both heart disease and obesity. But…in countries where people filled their plates with beef, cheese and other foods high in saturated fats - like the United States – obesity was extremely common and heart disease was the leading cause of death!!

The ‘American Heart Association’ quite rightly refers to the Mediterranean diet as the ‘Gold Standard’ in heart disease prevention. It is without any doubt one of the easiest and healthiest way to lose weight and therefore prevent disease.

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