AVOID CHRONIC ILLNESS THE MEDITERRANEAN WAY

More than half of our adult population is suffering of chronic illness. With heart failure, cancer and diabetes in the forefront. Fortunately, nature got the right answer with diet from the Mediterranean world. To learn about the philosophy behind, read on…

Tanya Brack from Los Angeles, CA, asks:
 
For my husband and me, our calendar is marked almost every day with doctor’s appointments. Nothing really serious – at least as it seems – but  obviously the result (side effects) of different medications. Is this just fate of modern life?
 

Dr. Fritz:
 
Half of our adult population has at least one chronic illness, i.e. illness which is not cured in less than 3 months. With heart failure, cancer, and diabetes on top of the list. And wrong lifestyle being the basic culprit.

Leaves us with the question: which lifestyle is right to stay – or become - healthy? While ‘lifestyle’ is certainly a complex personal, individual, way of life and therefore, cannot be generalized, one of the crucial parameters (‘pillars’) to reduce the risk of chronic illness considerably, according to no less but the American College of Physicians is...

Mediterranean Diet

A form of diet which – in contrast to the typical Western diet loaded with high saturated fats, grains and sugar refined , etc. – focuses on following  components:
 
    * High monounsaturated-to-saturated fat ratio (lots of olive oil  
       for cooking recommended!)

• High fruits and vegetable consumption (with special reference to the ‘cabbage family’, i.e. kale, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, cabbage etc.)
• High amounts of legumes
• Increased fish consumption
• High whole grain intake
• Moderate red wine
• Moderate dairy products
  
• Low meat and meat products (preferably white meat – chicken, turkey, etc. – no red meat)            

 
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