Mediterranean Diet Recipes for Beginners: Top 51 Delicious Mediterranean Recipes for Weight Loss Healthy
By Annie Ramsey
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The Mediterranean diet is a heart-friendly diet inspired by the dishes and recipes from the countries around the Mediterranean Sea. To incorporate the Mediterranean style of cooking, as well as to make this diet really effective, you need to learn which types of food they include in their recipes. Every nutritional health plan includes the fundamentals of eating healthy. Therefore, from this diet you could expect to see a lot of vegetables, fruits, fish, lean meat and whole grains plus a drizzle of olive oil or red wine in many Mediterranean diet recipes. There are many benefits of going on the Mediterranean diet. The two main benefits are: it reduces the risk of acquiring various diseases, which include heart diseases, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, as well as cancer. The other is that the diet focuses on greens and fruits, which make it rich in antioxidants, nutrients and minerals that can help encourage weight loss, promote good health and prevent illnesses.
Studies have shown that people who have gone on the Mediterranean diet have seen positive changes in their overall health and wellness. Not only do they feel good but they look good as well. Following this specific diet will not make you feel like you’re constantly watching what you eat because the good thing about this Mediterranean recipes is, even though they are heart-healthy diet dishes, they are still rich in flavor which you will still be able to enjoy.
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Mediterranean Diet Recipes for Beginners - Annie Ramsey
Introduction
Looking around in today’s world, obesity, diabetes, cancer and heart diseases are at their all time high. Research has shown that Mediterranean foods in fact reduce the risk of these diseases. The Mediterranean style of eating focuses on natural foods such as fruits, veggies, nuts, and whole grains; fish and poultry; very limited red meat; using olive oil instead of butter; cooking with natural herbs and spices instead of salt and drinking red wine once in a while (this is optional).
This book is aimed at providing you with the healthiest and tastiest Mediterranean recipes. From breakfast to lunch to dinner; we have it all!
Chapter 1 - What is the Mediterranean Diet?
The doctor of the future will no longer treat the human frame with drugs, but rather will cure and prevent disease with nutrition.
– Thomas Edison
The Mediterranean diet isn’t actually a diet.
Yes, it can help you lose weight and improve your health but it’s really more of a lifestyle. It’s a way of eating that can keep you healthy and provide all the nutrients you need to live life to the fullest.
The Mediterranean diet is based on the traditional dietary patterns of the countries that border the Mediterranean Sea such as Greece, Spain, Israel, Southern Italy and France. It gained widespread popularity in the west during the 1990’s and since then has become one of the most well-respected diets, particularly for its heart health and longevity benefits.
There are 21 countries that border the Mediterranean Sea and though their diets, culture, agriculture, ethnic background and economy vary there are common dietary patterns that they share. These common patterns have become characteristic of what we call the Mediterranean diet.
The most authentic version of the Mediterranean diet is based on the typical dietary patterns of the people of Crete (the largest Greek island) during the 1950’s and 60’s.
Characteristics of the Mediterranean diet
*High consumption of food from plant sources: fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts, seeds, breads, grains, potatoes, unrefined cereals
*Olive oil is the primary source of monounsaturated fat replacing other oils and fats (including margarine and butter)
*Moderate consumption of red wine, fish, dairy(primarily yogurt and cheese), poultry, eggs and sweets
*Low consumption of red meat
*Zero to four eggs consumed weekly
*Substitution of salts for spices such as basil and oregano
*Fresh fruit as the typical dessert
*Exercise daily
*Replace salt with herbs and spices
Why choose the Mediterranean Diet?
The Mediterranean diet is easy to adapt to your lifestyle. Unlike many diets that involve increasing your intake of certain vitamins and minerals, the Mediterranean diet is different in that it allows you to eat a wide variety of foods.
Also, the foods on the Mediterranean diet are foods that you already eat fairly regularly so adapting to a Mediterranean way of eating won’t involve any drastic changes.
Chapter 2 - A Brief History of the Mediterranean Diet
The origins of the Mediterranean diet date back to the Middle Ages in which the upper-class ancient Romans (modeling Greek tradition) would regularly consume wine, bread, olive oil, vegetables, fruit and cheese and an abundance of fish, various seafood and little red meat.
The health benefits of the Mediterranean diet were discovered by American scientist Ancel Benjamin Keys who avidly studied the influence of diet on health. His studies on the Mediterranean diet were the first to reveal a correlation between cardiovascular disease and diet.
During the 1950’s Ancel Keys was shocked that people in the poorest small towns in Southern Italy were much healthier than the wealthy people in New York. Keys felt that this was a result of their diet. He went on to investigate and attempt to validate his belief by focusing his studies on the foods that were being consumed in these populations.
The Seven Countries Study
In 1958, he and Paul Dudley White the world’s leading cardiologist at the time started the Seven Countries Study. This was a long running study (over 50 years) that documented the relationship between diet, lifestyle, stroke and cardiovascular disease in seven different countries of the world. It included cross-sectional studies that aimed to prove that the nutritional value of the Mediterranean diet contributed to a healthier body and longevity for the populations that adopted the Mediterranean way of eating.
Keys and White along with the support of researchers in each of the seven countries involved in the study, compiled data of over twelve thousand middle-aged men from the United States, Italy, Japan, Greece, Finland, the Netherlands, and Yugoslavia.
The findings of this study proved that populations that adopted a Mediterranean diet had low levels of cholesterol in their blood and a low percentage of cardiovascular disease.
The healthiest ranking area of the study was Crete. Cretan men had the most positive cardiovascular test results as a result of their diet and exercise patterns.
Scientific proof of the benefits of the Mediterranean diet
Keys studies started a flood of scientific research that looked at the correlation between chronic diseases and dietary habits. Many clinical trials and studies have proven that the Mediterranean way of eating reduces the risk of metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease.
Studies have also proven that adhering to a Mediterranean diet increases high density lipoprotein (HDL), decreases blood pressure, triglycerides, blood glucose levels and abdominal circumference.
Researchers continue to run new tests on the Mediterranean diet even today as they define the