T he DASH diet (based on the research, Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) and the Mediterranean diet have both been acclaimed as the best of the best in the world. Both became famous for their amazing impact on heart health. Both help reduce inflammation and are associated with lower rates of heart attacks, strokes, heart failure, certain types of cancer, and a reduced risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Following these eating patterns has been shown to help preserve brain health. And as you will learn here, together they comprise a plan that is sustainable, so that it will become your life-long healthy eating style while helping you reach and maintain a healthy weight.
There is so much confusion about diets. How can we know if we have a good one, when it seems like every time we turn around, there is a new hot diet in the news? What does it mean to say that one or two diets are the best? Are they really better than any other diet, or might the nutrition gurus say something entirely different next year? And beyond the hype, how can we, ourselves, judge if a diet is really good? Weve seen this happen over and over. A diet is super popular, and then after a few years you never hear about that miracle diet again.
Would it reassure you to know that there are only two diets that have stood the test of time? And that they are completely compatible, complementary, and even better together? Why not choose the best of the best? This is the moment to change your life.
The DASH diet and the Mediterranean diet are the plans that endure. Year after year. They have stood atop the best diet rankings every year that the panel of experts from U.S. News & World Report has rated all the popular and also-ran diets. The DASH diet is extra rich in fruits and vegetables, low-fat dairy, and nuts, and includes mostly whole grains, lean meats, fish, and poultry, and moderate amounts of heart-healthy fats. The Mediterranean diet is also based on all those foods, along with an emphasis on seafood, olive oil, beans, herbs, and spices, and the optional inclusion of red wine. When you combine DASH with the Mediterranean diet, you truly have the best of the best. Not a fad. The only diets that have stood up under scrutiny. Because they work and have been proven to work in multiple, multiple studies. No diets have been this researched. No other diets have this kind of medical pedigree. Even better together, they help people get healthier and support reaching and maintaining a healthy weight. Easily. Deliciously.
Dont be fooled!
A diet is a food pattern. An eating style. It doesnt just refer to a weight-loss plan. The DASH eating pattern can be for everyone, as can the Mediterranean.
For any diet or eating pattern to be worth your time and effort, it should be something you can live with for the long run, and it should make you healthier. No plan should be so restrictive or difficult that it leads to feeling bad about yourself or induces guilt if you dont follow it perfectly. No plan should ruin your health. (Even if you only follow it for a short while.) Its only a worthy plan if it makes you feel great and lets you truly enjoy eating. It should help you set the stage for continued success, not set you up for failure.
The Mediterranean DASH dietMed-DASHplan is all of that. It is a delicious, enjoyable, beautiful way of eating, and it just happens to make you healthier. There are no other plans in the world with the same proven health benefits or that address each of our epidemic chronic health issues. This plan makes it easy to manage weight and reduces risk for heart disease, hypertension, fatty liver disease, and diabetes. If your goal is to reach or sustain a healthy weight, the Med-DASH plan is so satisfying that you will find its easy to stay on track with your goals. You will relearn how to eat, how to set the stage for success even in a busy life, how to enjoy restaurant meals, and how to continue to follow this plan because it makes you feel better and you love eating this way. You will discover positive changes in your body and how it operates. This plan has been proven to lower cholesterol and blood sugar. Your waistline will shrink, which is a huge clue that your body is better able to metabolize carbohydrates instead of storing extra glucose in your abdominal (visceral) fat and your liver. Belly fat is the symptom, but diabetes, high blood pressure, clogged arteries, and fatty liver disease are the consequences.
Forget struggling, forget cheating, forget counting calories, forget lists of allowed and forbidden foods, forget the battle to follow one more diet that gives guidance that completely conflicts with sound science regarding what your body does and doesnt need to get healthy. Forget those feelings of failure that you had when you found that the latest fad diet was impossible to stick with. This plan has a positive focus, with negativity banished from dieting.
You are going to love, love, love this plan. The Mediterranean DASH diet is a fresh way of eating that relies on solid nutrition science to propel you to reach your goals. Scientifically proven and translated into fabulous meals, the Med-DASH plan provides all the strategies you need to facilitate your entry into the delicious new world of healthy eating.