6 Reasons you Should Eat A Mediterranean Diet
6 Reasons Why the Mediterranean Diet Helps You to Have a Longer, Healthier Life Longevity and The Mediterranean Diet:
Over the course of many generations, observers have been able to discern that the people who populate the region around the Mediterranean Sea live longer lives than do men and women in some other parts of the world. Historically, the reason most often attributed to the longevity of the people of the Mediterranean region was climate. However, as researchers became more adept and as scientific methods became more sophisticated, it became clear that while the weather patterns of the Mediterranean area generally were pleasant and inviting, it was the diet of the people in the region that accounted for their longer lives. Read the rest of this entry »
American College Cardiology And Mediterranean Diet…
Can Metabolic Syndrome Risks Be Reduced with a Mediterranean diet?
From the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, March 2011
Recently released information on the Mediterranean diet reducing metabolic syndrome risk.
Already well known to be THE heart healthy diet of the ages, it is now also reconised to reduce the risk of metabolic syndrome. This is a cluster of risk factors which increase the risk of stroke diabetes and heart disease.
Someone who has 3 or more of the following conditions can be diagnosed with having metabolic syndrome.
8 Tips For A Heart Healthy Diet. Can You Afford NOT To Listen?
Dr. Toby Cosgrove, the CEO of the Cleveland Clinic, and a heart surgeon for over thirty years, recently sparked a firestorm of controversy when he told a New York Times reporter that if it were up to him, if there weren’t legal issues, he would not only stop hiring smokers. (The Cleveland Clinic has already done this.) He would also stop hiring obese people.
Though it outraged some people, it has brought the subject to the front page of every newspaper in America, and stirred some much needed discussion and debate. I must say, this man is brilliant! For the first time in recent memory, doctors, patients, health insurers, and the government are talking about finding solutions to America’s ‘big, fat problem.’ Click on this link, http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/trends.html, and you will find a map of the United States that shows you just how big the obesity epidemic is- it’s an awesome, if alarming, tool that very graphically illustrates that we need to stop this insanity now! Though data is incomplete, in 1985 most states had an obesity rate below 10% of the general population. By the turn of the century, the rate in 21 states was over 20%, and today Colorado is the only state with a rate below 20%. More alarming still is the fact that six states now exceed a 30% rate of obesity!
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6 Reasons Why Doctors & Nutritionists Promote the Mediterranean Diet
Recently, doctors, researchers, scientists and nutritionists have taken a close look at the Mediterranean diet. Nearly universally, these experts and professionals have come away from their examination of the Mediterranean diet with positive perceptions of the dieting scheme.
There are a number of reasons why experts of all sorts — from doctors to researchers to nutritionists — look favorable upon the Mediterranean diet regimen. By considering the benefits of the Mediterranean diet that have been identified by experts, you will be able to better determine if the Mediterranean diet is right for you.
1. Low in Saturated Fat
On the surface, a person giving only a cursory review of the Mediterranean diet might conclude that it is not a healthy diet plan because it is “high in fat”. Concluding that the Mediterranean diet is high if fat and harmful is an erroneous conclusion.
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The Mediterranean Diet Is An Awesome Alternative Diet Top Lose Weight And Get Healthy
Benefits Of Mediterranean Diet
- won’t cause kidney failure (like some diets)
- has a significant history and an abundance of evidence to back it
- reduces risk of increasing cholesterol
- reduces the risk of rebound weight gain
- also decreases the risk of cancer and heart disease
- tastes so good, that it’s fun!
The Mediterranean Diet – Some Facts
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