Mediterranean Diet

The Mediterranean Diet is a delicious cuisine with available ingredients. This makes it easy to transition your diet to a healthy one.


The Mediterranean Diet highlights fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes and healthy fats. The fat intake from the diet is 25% to 35% of daily calories, but most of this is from healthy fats such as olive oil, oily fish, nuts and seeds. The consumption of meat and saturated fats are low, but fish and dairy products are consumed in moderation. The people usually also have an active lifestyle and get plenty of sunshine. The health benefits appreciated by the Mediterranean region are a result of the combined effects of a healthy diet and a healthy active lifestyle.

The Mediterranean Diet was constructed with the cuisine of people from the Mediterranean region. In a 4 year study by Greece, it was found that people who lived a Mediterranean lifestyle had longer life expectancy, lower risk of heart disease than people who did not follow this lifestyle.

Tips:

• ·         Eat plenty of fruit and vegetables.
• ·         Limit your intake of red meat.
• ·         Eat oily fish, such as salmon, twice a week.
• ·         Use olive oil for your cooking.
• ·         Cut back on butter, margarine and other oils.
• ·         Include a handful of nuts in your daily diet.
• ·         Limit high fat dairy products.
• ·         Healthy active lifestyle.