Mediterranean Diet for Healthy Heart and Weight Loss. To know why, Read This!

Mediterranean diet is the study of the food habits of the Mediterranean population, initiated in the 1950’s.

If you are planning to thin down in the new year 2018? Put your health first irrespective of the life style you follow. Do you feel fruits and vegetables are good for you? Learn here how the Mediterranean Diet stand out from the rest and helps in significant weight loss, reduce the incidence of Type-2 diabetes, improve memory, prevents heart disease (Cardiovascular disease) and other chronic diseases.

In fact, this diet rich in unsaturated fats and low in carbohydrates is quite easy to adopt for you and your family.

Mediterranean diet pyramid is principally a plant based diet and low in animal foods has the following characteristics:

1. fresh vegetables and fruits

2. legumes and pulses (Beans, peas, lentils, pulses, peanuts, chickpeas, etc.

3. grains, pasta and/or bread (mostly wholemeal and unrefined)

4. extra virgin olive oil and nuts

5. herbs and spices

6. water (more than 2 litres per day)

7. wine during meals (Red Wine)

8. seafood (fish, shellfish, mollusc), the most important source of animal food is fish, especially salmon fish.

9. Dairy produce is low to moderate and usually in the form of goat’s and sheep’s cheese or yoghurt.

10. Consumption of sweets, poultry and red meat are very low.

11. Processed and junk foods are strictly avoided. (Soda, candies, ice cream, hot dogs, etc.,)

12. One need to engage in Regular Physical Activity.

Are you ready to reap the benefits of this world's healthiest diet for weight Loss 2018 to maintain good and standard health to enjoy this beautiful life?

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