Mediterranean Diet

Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel carried out a study about Mediterranean diet on 322 obese people. The study compared Mediterranean diet to low-carb and low-fat diets and found that the Mediterranean diet got the best results (Article by The New England Journal of Medicine: http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/359/3/229#R21).

What is Mediterranean Diet?

• In Mediterranean diet main source of fat is olive oil (monounsaturated fat).
• A lots of vegetables are consumed and fruits are eaten as daily dessert.
• Dairy products (cheese and yogurt), fish, poultry and wine are consumed in low to moderate amounts.
• A very little amount of red meat and zero to four eggs per week are eaten.
• Mediterranean diet also includes high consumption of legumes and unrefined cereal.

Some recent research shows that Mediterranean diet protects against heart disease (Article by American Journal of Clinical Nutrition: http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/82/5/964), Type2 Diabetes (Article by British Medical Journal: http://press.psprings.co.uk/bmj/may/meddiet.pdf) and cancer.

 

To read more about the Ben-Gurion University research study go to http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Diet/Story?id=5389423&page=1

 http://www.eufic.org/article/en/page/FTARCHIVE/artid/mediterranean-diet/

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