The Mediterranean diet

21 June 2008

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I would hardly call it dieting...yet some people do. I'm talking about the Mediterranean diet. This part of the world managed to get quite a few scientists interested because they found that people living there have really healthy hearts. They concluded this might be the effect of their eating habits.

The Mediterranean diet mostly means:

Olive oil gets to be used often and it's a good source of monounsaturated fats
Fruits and vegetables also play an important part of their meals
They don't eat eggs often (0-3 times/week)
They only eat fish and chicken in moderate quantities (I was under the impression they had so many fish dishes)
They rarely drink any alcohol

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2 Messages

Ivy Liacopou…
GR
27 June 2008
I don't know about all the Mediterranean countries but for Greece this is what we call Mediterranean diet:
- 1-2 a month (or more times in small quanities) red meat.
- 1-2 a week: fish, poultry, eggs (including cakes).
- Daily: fruit, vegetables, dried legumes, bread , cereals, potatoes, olive
Lorelai
RO

27 June 2008

The daily part sure sounds great! I love this diet so much