MEDITERRANEAN DIET Definition & Meaning

Mediterranean diet

[ med-i-tuh-rey-nee-uhn dahy-it ]

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a diet traditionally followed in Greece, Spain, southern Italy and France, and parts of the Middle East, with emphasis on fruits and vegetables, legumes, whole grains, nuts, seafood, and olive oil:
A study showed that people who ate a Mediterranean diet had a lower incidence of cardiovascular disease than people following a low-fat diet.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of Mediterranean diet¹

First recorded in 1925–30

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The Mediterranean diet will save you.

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The Mediterranean diet is distilled to olive oil, fish and nuts, with little mention of the long, social dinners that define it.

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Olive oil is synonymous with the Mediterranean diet, and the health benefits of both are well documented.

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Tanasi, who developed this study as part of the Mediterranean Diet Archaeology project promoted by the USF Institute for the Advanced Study of Culture and the Environment, collaborated with several USF researchers and partners in Italy at the University of Trieste and the University of Milan to perform chemical and DNA analyses.

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Many of the randomized controlled trials that have proven the link between diet and mental health have tested the Mediterranean diet or a slightly modified version of it.

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Mediterranean climate Mediterranean fever

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