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The
Mediterranean Diet
What
is the Mediterranean Diet - How can it help you?
First of all it's not a diet you go on to lose weight over a week or
two, it's a healthy and fun way of living that will keep you fit and
happy for the rest of your life.
Start today with Pam's FREE 7 day Mediterranean
DietPLAN
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Simple and Easy
What makes it so special is
it's simplicity. We humans evolved to forage and hunt and it was much
easier to gather nuts, grains, fruit and vegetables than it was to hunt
and kill animals, specially animals that were liable to turn around and
hunt you instead.
A
Natural 70/30 split.
So a natural 70/30 split emerged. 70% vegetables, fruit, nuts,
seeds, oils - specially olive oil and pulses, and 30% protein
from animal sources - mainly fish, shellfish, chicken and other fowl.
The
Mediterranean Basin
This was especially true for the people of the Mediterranean. With
great weather for growing all kinds of vegetables and fruit, rice,
pulses, nuts and olives, and having the abundant sea always on their
doorstep the French Spanish, Italian, Greek, Turkish and North African
peoples enjoyed advantages that many of us lacked.
Ancel Keys
This healthiest known diet in the world was re-discovered in 1958, when
a young
American physician called Ancel Keys and his team, discovered that the
majority of the Mediterranean people lived longer and healthier
lives.
He was able
to link this to their diet!
Whole Foods - Unprocessed and Unrefined
Because there were not the processed food options of today, they made
the most of what was available and paid a lot of attention to food
preparation, flavour and family meal times.
So - plenty of exercise
- working in the fields or tending their nets, followed by good food,
company and wine - what more could you ask?
Getting Started
Get started today If you want to lose
weight - feel
fit and look
great.
Follow Pam's FREE seven day Mediterranean
DietPlan
using easy recipes from this website - and remember, any problems you
can always ask Pam.
Because the foods you choose to eat really can help you regain your
health Healthy Fiber Foods offers healthy
recipe ideas for a fast food lunch.
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What makes it so special is
it's simplicity. We humans evolved to forage and hunt and it was much
easier to gather nuts, grains, fruit and vegetables than it was to hunt
and kill animals, specially animals that were liable to turn around and
hunt you instead.
New! Comments
Have your say about what you just read! Leave me a comment or ask a culinary question in the box below.