MEDITERRANEAN DIET FOR YOUR HEALTH?

Mediterranean diet proves once more - scientifically verified - how important this type of (natural) food is for our health and longevity. With special reference to greens we better may not overlook. Read on to learn about details.

THE PHILOSOPHY BEHIND

As you have learned from our previous blogs/publications/seminars, our life and well-being rests on 2 basic pillars: healthy diet and physical activity. As far as the first – healthy diet – is concerned, with special reference to a whole ‘kingdom’ of nutrients to support our body and mind.
 
While mankind has followed this blueprint of nature for millions of years, industrialization has tried to synthesize these laws of nature in many countries – with no overriding success.
 
Unlike those cultures staying within natural lifestyle – with special reference to their diet.
 
One of these cultures are in the Mediterranean region, i.e. north and south of the Mediterranean Sea where man lives already since millions of years in line with nature.
 

BASIC MEDITERRANEAN NUTRIENTS 

Following traditional pattern, the Mediterranean diet consists basically of
fresh plant foods such as a variety of
- fruits
- vegetables
    also
- legumes
    &
- whole grains
   also
    limited amounts of
- fish
    &
- dairy
   plus healthy fats such as
- seeds
- nuts
- olive oil
   but less
- white/red meat
    &
- eggs  

Manifold surrounded by flavoring/tasty spices.
 
Today medically verified by, inter alia, the American Heart Association.
 
Vice-versa, the Mediterranean folks refrains widely from unhealthy ‘Western diet’ such as, inter alia,
- processed foods (like processed/deli meats & hot dogs, etc.)
- white flour/refined bread/pasta/pizza dough
- added sugar (like sodas/pastries/candies)    
- trans fats (as in processed foods and margarines)  
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HEALTH BENEFITS – SCIENTIFICALLY VERIFIED
 

​Fortunately, this Mediterranean diet is not only tasty – it has great benefits for our health and even longevity.
 
To pick 3 benefits as a small pattern, let’s start with

• Cardiovascular disease

 
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.S. governmental Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) heart failure is leading global and U.S. statistics of premature (non-age-related) deaths.
 
Now we learn from research in Mediterranean Spain at, inter alia,
- University of Barcelona & Hospital Clinic in Barcelona
- University of Valencia in Valencia
- University of Malaga in Malaga
- University of Navarra in Pamplona
- University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
-  University of Balearic Islands in Palma de Mallorca
that Mediterranean diet may well reduce the risk of heart attack, stroke – and related death – by 30%.
 
Same may be true for

• Weight loss

 
according to scientific research in the U.S. at, inter alia,
- Harvard Medical School
    &
- Brigham and Women’s Hospital (both in Boston, MA)
    and
- Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, TN
with special reference to hypertension.
 
Also improvement of

• Sleep quality

 
May be well achieved according to research in Mediterranean country Greece at
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Thessaloniki
- University of Thessaly in Larissa
   &
- Harokopio University in Athens, the capital of Greece  

Even more than that.
 
According to research in the U.S. at the
- University of Illinois in Urbana, IL
   &
- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, MA  
   as well as international research at, inter alia,
- University of Aberdeen in Aberdeen
   &
- University of Oxford in Oxford
   (both UK)
   and also the
- University of Freiburg in Freiburg, Germany  
these very positive health effects (& more) of Mediterranean diet come specifically with green plant food.  

IN A NUTSHELL

Mediterranean diet proves once more - scientifically verified - how important the kind of (natural) food is for our health and longevity. With special reference to green plant food we better may not overlook.

MEDICAL ADAGE OF THE WEEK

"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." 

Benjamin Franklin
(1706-1790)
Founding Father of the United States

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