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The Mediterranean Diet
By Ruth Polak, Thu Dec 8th
The Mediterranean Diet is now recognized as one of thehealthiest in the world consisting as it does of large amountsof fresh fruit and vegetables, salads,nuts,seeds, omega-3 richoily fish, olives and olive oil and beingcomparatively low in dairy products and red meats. The people of the Mediterranean region, particularly
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Greece andSpain, are very fortunate to live in an area where naturallyhealthy food is readily and cheaply available. The incidence ofheart disease and cancer are lower here than anywhere else inthe western world and experts now believe this is due in greatpart to what has become known as the Mediterranean diet. Modern farming techniques and world wide transport has changedmost peoples diets dramatically in the past century and it isnow widely believed that such changes have had an extremelydetrimental effect on our health. Fortunately the impact ofthese developments has not had such a catastrophic effect inMediterranean regions where to a large extent traditional dietsare still followed. Of course with the advent of Globalizationand MacDonald's! this is sadly changing. However we can alllearn alot form what has become known as the Mediterranean dietand by adopting it,vastly improve our health and longevity. (Article continued below)
The foods that grow naturally and abundantly in that region andhave always formed a part of the local diet are as follows:-Olives, avocados, oranges, lemons, garlic, wild asparagus,walnuts, almonds,tomatoes, artichokes, figs, pomegranates,cherries, strawberries, grapes, plums, spinach,broadbeans,peppers along with many other of the more common fruitsand vegetables. These provide large amounts of vitamins,minerals and fibre along with a wide variety of antioxidants andphytochemicals, the importance of which scientists are only nowbeginning to recognize as they discover more and more healthfulbenefits of including these elements in our diet. Historically alot of the milk was produced from goats and cheesemade from goats and ewes milk. Very little red meat is eaten anda large majority of the protein is supplied by oily fish such assardines, mackerel, tuna, sword fish, boquerones and anchovies. The main oil used is olive, traditionally cold pressed virgin,and this is used not only for cooking and in salads but also forputting on bread in place of butter. All these foods provide a wide variety of nutriments which havean astonishing array of claims for improving our health such aslowering cholesterol, improving our immune system which thus notonly fights infections but also helps to prevent cancer,increasing our metabolism, improving insulin sensitivity andthus lessening the risk of diabetes. It really has never been sotrue that you are what you eat. Certainly since moving toAndalucia and adopting the Mediterranean diet myself I havenever been so healthy or managed to maintain my ideal weight soeasily. Of coures in addition to all the healthy components of this dietthere is the added fact that honey is often used in place ofsugar and little refined carbohydrates are eaten. All in all most experts now agree that the Mediterranean diet isthe optimum diet
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