Publisher's Synopsis
Cooking for health? Then you need to learn how to use the Mediterranean diet. This is a great way to make your food healthy and delicious.
The Mediterranean diet is an eating plan that emphasizes fish, fruits, vegetables, whole grains and olive oil.
It's a way of eating that can help with weight loss and has been linked to longer life expectancy. The diet has a research base in nutritional science and is rooted in a tradition of cooking from the countries around the Mediterranean Sea.
There is a serious lack of data-based research into the Mediterranean diet's effect on health. The results that are available come from small human studies, animal experiments and observational studies. These raise interesting questions about the diet's potential benefits but don't provide us with dependable answers.
The Mediterranean diet consists of eating plant-based foods (fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds); minimally processed dairy products; poultry and fish; moderate amounts of eggs, olive oil and wine; limited red meat and wine. It emphasizes eating food from "Mediterranean" countries: Greece, Italy, Spain and France - although it has been adapted to accommodate dietary needs of people with different tastes in different parts of the world.
This book covers:
- Understanding the Mediterranean Diet
- Living Healthier and Longer on the Mediterranean Diet
- Starting the Mediterranean Diet
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Mains
- Smoothies
- Snacks
- Dessert
And much more!
The Mediterranean diet has clear similarities to other popular diets: the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2009 recommend a similar pattern of eating as part of a healthy lifestyle. A more structured version is the adoption of the Mediterranean diet pyramid, which arranges foods by category and portion size according to their energy density.
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