
You hear a lot about the Mediterranean Diet, and how it keeps those Greeks and Italians looking olive-toned and healthy. Also, eating a Mediterranean diet may keep your mind healthy, specifically preventing Alzheimer’s and dementia.
The Mediterranean diet is a modern nutritional recommendation inspired by the traditional dietary patterns of some of the countries of the Mediterranean Basin.
Based on “food patterns typical of Crete, much of the rest of Greece, and southern Italy in the early 1960s”, this diet, in addition to “regular physical activity,” emphasizes “abundant plant foods, fresh fruit as the typical daily dessert, olive oil as the principal source of fat, dairy products (principally cheese and yogurt), and…











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