Here's why the Mediterranean diet never goes out of style.
Curious to learn more about the benefits of a Mediterranean diet and the foods it includes? Keep reading to find out why this tried-and-true way of eating is here to stay.As the name suggestions, the Mediterranean diet is a way of eating based on the dietary traditions of countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea, including Crete, Greece, and southern Italy — countries that showed low rates of chronic disease and higher than average adult life expectancy.
Since the diets of these countries differ slightly, the Mediterranean diet is more of an eating pattern than a strict diet plan. “The Mediterranean diet is high in vegetables, fruits, whole grains, beans, fish, seafood, olive oil, nuts, and seeds,” says , a registered dietitian. “Red meat is rarely eaten and there is little consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages, refined grains and oils, or highly processed meat.”
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