Secrets of the Mediterranean Diet – January 13th
“A recent study has once again confirmed that people who closely follow ‘the Mediterranean Diet’ live longer than other Europeans (1). So what exactly is the Mediterranean diet and how does it exert this spectacular effect.
The Mediterranean diet is not a specific diet plan or diet program but a collection of eating habits that are traditionally followed by the people of the Mediterranean region. There are at least 16 countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea and food habits vary between these countries according to culture, ethnic background and religion. But there are a number of characteristics common to them all…”
Well, I’m not doing too badly, but I need to increase my veggie intake (knew that) and eat more oily fish. I really don’t like fish! But it looks as if I had better get used to it if I want to live to at least one hundred!
Here’s a “diet” (though it is more a way of eating) that is very close, and one which changed my life for the better:
http://www.health.harvard.edu/books/Eat_Drink_and_Be_Healthy.htm
I think there is a pop-up ad that will come with it. Just delete it….