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Food and Nutrition Eating Healthy for Your Age Aging Well Low Cholesterol Recipes Fish instead of fried chicken. Brown rice instead of a white-flour roll. A handful of nuts instead of chips. Olive oil instead of butter. And plenty of vegetables and fruit.

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Fit Facts: Benefits of a Mediterranean Diet

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What information is GOOD about this plan? What seems BAD (nutritional unfounded) about this plan? Does this support the idea of a healthy lifestyle change? How is each of the MACRO and micronutrient groups included or excluded from this plan? 

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What information is GOOD about this plan? What seems BAD (nutritional unfounded) about this plan? Does this support the idea of a healthy lifestyle change? How is each of the MACRO and micronutrient groups included or excluded from this plan? 

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GOOD
- Mediterranean diet is effective in reducing the risk of cardiovascular diseases and overall mortality. [3, 4] A study of nearly 26,000 women found that those who followed this type of diet had 25% less risk of developing cardiovascular disease over 12 years.
- Mediterranean diet is rich in fiber which digests slowly, prevents huge swings in blood sugar, and can help you maintain a healthy weight.

BAD
- As with any diet, restricting or completely cutting out certain food groups can harm your health. In some cases, the Mediterranean diet may lead to Weight gain from eating more than the recommended amount of fat (such as in olive oil and nuts) Low levels of iron from not eating enough meat.

You may gain weight from eating fats in olive oil and nuts.

You may have lower levels of iron. ...

You may have calcium loss from eating fewer dairy products. ...

Wine is a standard part of a Mediterranean eating style, but some people should not drink alcohol.

- This diet plan does support the idea of a healthy lifestyle change because it is a slow and steady passed diet with life-changing benefits for your body looks, metabolism, and health.

- The Macro intake is all dependent on you health and what you are capable. The diet doese depend on high good fats, and protein. But, if you medical history includes carbs you may do so in small portions.

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Yes, it does. Many weight loss clinics still use this diet plan to help their patient lose weight, which could accommodate their medical issues, or help prevent them.

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Historian Harvey Levenstein writes that the Mediterranean diet was created by physiologist Ancel Keys and his biochemist wife, Margaret Keys. In 1952, the Keys travelled to Italy and Spain and conducted some quasi-experimental surveys of blood pressure, blood cholesterol and diet.

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What is the dietary/nutritionally based rational for this plan?

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What is the dietary/nutritionally based rational for this plan?

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Fruits | 1.4 – 2.5 cups
Vegetables | 1.2 – 4.1 cups
Grains | 2.0 – 5.4 oz
Meat & Poultry | 3.5 – 3.6 oz
Dairy | 1 – 2.1 cups
Fish/Seafood | 0.8 – 2.4 oz
Oils | 19 – 40 g
Added sugars | ≤ 24 g

This diet can lower the risk of cardiovascular disease, and current studies on the health benefits of the Mediterranean diet apply a score that compares an individual’s food group or nutrient intake to the median intake of the study population. A higher “Mediterranean diet score” results from a higher median intake of vegetables, fruits, nuts, legumes, whole grains/cereals, and fish, a lower median intake of red and processed meats, moderate alcohol intake,

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What is the basic definition of the Mediterranean diet?  

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What is the basic definition of the Mediterranean diet?  

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The Mediterranean diet includes lots of healthy foods like whole grains, fruits, vegetables, seafood, beans, and nuts.