The Mediterranean diet is a
delicious and healthy way to eat. Many people who
switch to this style of eating stick with it and say they'll never eat any
other way. It is possible to take small steps and slowly transition into this
lifestyle if it all seems like too much change all at once.
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The Mediterranean diet also excludes processed foods such as white pasta and rice, fast foods, and mixes. It eliminates gooey, sugar laden desserts and replaces them with fresh fruit. Total fat in this diet is 25% to 35% of calories, with saturated fat at 8% or less of calories.
The Mediterranean diet also places emphasis on eating seasonally and taking time to relax and dine with friends and family. It also includes 30 minutes of moderate, daily exercise.
The Mediterranean diet is based on studies by Dr Walter Willett of Harvard University's School of Public Health from the mid-1990s and food patterns typical of Crete, much of the rest of Greece, and southern Italy in the early 1960s.