March 6, 2008

The Mediterranean Diet

Filed under: Diets, Heart Health — AKdocmike @ 6:32 pm

Basics of the Mediterranean Diet:

  • Primarily a plant based diet rich in vegetables, olives, legumes, nuts and seeds (all raw thus preserving the enzymatic activity of the foods).
  • High in Mono-unsaturated fats (mainly from olive oil)
  • Wine
  • Ate with others
  • Eating was an “occassion”
  • They enjoyed their foods

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