The Mediterranean Diet is widely touted as one of the best diet for a hale heart. This refers to the traditional cooking followed in the countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea, which includes a dash of olive oil and a glass of red wine.
The diet plan flourishes the plant-based foods, fruits, vegetables, nuts and restricting the unhealthy fats. These foods have minimal amounts of oxidized low-density lipoprotein, the ‘bad cholesterol’ the trash that blocks the arteries and putting heart under the pump!
Research suggests that the benefits of following a Mediterranean-style eating pattern may be many: improved weight loss, better control of blood glucose levels and reduced risk of depression, delays Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease, and this has also been associated with the reduction of inflammatory substances produced in the body, thus cutting down the risk of cancers especially breast cancer amongst women.
The key components of the Mediterranean Diet are: fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes and nuts, replacing butter with olive and canola oil, reducing the use of salt by replacing them with spices and herbs, quitting red meat, weekly consumption of fish or poultry, moderate intake of wine and plenty of sweating out!
It is encouraged by most of the adult population to adapt a style of eating like that of the Mediterranean diet for prevention of major chronic diseases.
-Koya Satyasri
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