Andrew H. Williams - The Mediterranean Diet For Beginners: Start Your Ideal 7-Day Mediterranean Diet Plan To Lose Weight and Live An Healthy Lifestyle

Start Your Ideal 7-day Mediterranean Diet Plan To Lose Weight and Live a Healthy Lifestyle

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When people hear the word Mediterranean, most would probably imagine three-hour long feast on foods like pasta, pizza, rack of lamb, lasagna, long rolls of bread, and a bottomless bottle of wine. However, these dishes do not exactly fit the modern Mediterranean diet. This is because, for the past years, the famous and diverse cuisine of coastal countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea has been transformed into a healthier, simpler, and more inexpensive way of living rather than a feast reserved for those who only want to satisfy their palate. Today, the Mediterranean diet is a lifestyle recognized for its contribution to human health.

If you aim for a healthier and slimmer body, the Mediterranean diet is the diet to follow. This science-backed lifestyle approach allows you to lose weight fast and safely without putting your precious health at risk. It is a way of life rather than a systemized diet plan. The foundation of this diet is eating basic yet healthy dishes influenced by the traditional cuisine of the countries surrounding the Mediterranean Sea.

A myriad of research studies and confirmations from experts establish that following the Mediterranean diet helps fight diseases such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke, hypertension, and obesity. Moreover, following the Mediterranean diet leads to increased lifespan and improved wellbeing.

Andrew H. Williams

The only way to keep your health is to eat what you dont want, drink what you dont like, and do what youd rather not.

Mark Twain, Author, Lecturer, Humorist

The countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea have long impressed the Western world through breakthroughs in philosophy, culture, religion, politics, and science. But now, they are putting the whole world in fascination as science draws a direct connection between what is known as the Mediterranean diet and the lower risk and incidence of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimers disease, and obesity.

The name Mediterranean originates from the Latin word mediterraneus which means in the middle of the land. The Mediterranean Sea is recognized for its important role in the flourishing of modern civilization. The sea joins the Black Sea and Sea of Marmara in the east, and the Atlantic Ocean in the west. Twenty-one coastal countries border the Sea: Albania, Algeria, Croatia, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Spain, the State of Palestine, Syria, Tunisia, and Turkey. It served as an important path for merchants and travelers in the ancient times. It was, and probably still is, one of the primary sources of food of the civilizations that flourished around it.

The Mediterranean Sea is considered as a biodiversity hotspotaccommodating around 700 marine species, most of them indigenous. The Mediterranean region is a cradle of staples like figs, mandarins, hazelnuts, grapes, chickpeas, and olives. The region also credits its rocky, coastal terrain for healthy meat sources such as chicken, sheep, and lamb.

Ancel Keys, an American scientist, first brought Mediterranean diet in Pioppi, Italy 1945. However, it was not until the 1990s that the public and medical community fully embraced the Mediterranean diets importance and benefits. Despite the name, the Mediterranean diet is not a complete representation of authentic Mediterranean cuisine. For instance, in Israel, Malta, and Egypt, use of olive oil is inessential; in Northern Italy, olive oil is for salad and cooked vegetables only. According to Dr. Walter Willett of Harvard University's School of Public Health, this diet is based on food patterns typical of Crete, much of the rest of Greece, and southern Italy in the early 1960s.

The Mediterranean diet stresses the importance of daily consumption of whole-grain cereals, fresh fruits, vegetables and legumes; olive oil as the main source of fat; limited intake of dairy products; moderate consumption of meat, meat products, fish, fish products, poultry, and poultry products; and low to moderate consumption of wine. In addition, the Mediterranean diet highlights eating delightfully delicious dishes, which is the trademark of the Mediterranean cuisine. Just as important, it emphasizes the importance of regular physical activity and enjoying meals with family and friends, too. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) officially acknowledged the Mediterranean diet as a part of the cultural heritage of Greece, Italy, and Morocco in 2010.

Dieting is the only game where you win when you lose!

Karl Lagerfeld, Fashion designer

Consumption of unhealthy fats such as polysaturated fat, saturated fat, and cholesterol are some of the factors that govern the causation of chronic conditions including hypertensive disorder and cardiovascular diseases. These fats, when ingested in unhealthy amounts, amass in the blood vessels. They also congest the blood vessels and impede the delivery of oxygen to the heart. As an effect, the cells in the heart will eventually die, causing myocardial infarction otherwise known as heart attack.