The Science Behind The Mediterranean Diet

It has been clear for decades that the Mediterranean Diet offers one of the healthiest eating patterns on earth. But why is it so healthy?

Is it the olive oil? The abundance of leafy greens? The lack of 24-ounce steaks?

Although research continues to analyze individual foods, it also repeatedly shows that a healthy diet is much more than the sum of its nutrient parts.

 One early study of the “whole diet” approach was published in 1995 by Antonia Trichopoulou, Walter Willett, Frank Sacks, and others, in which the original Oldways Mediterranean Diet Pyramid was given center stage.



The study documented the health benefits of a diet “characterized by abundant plant foods (fruit, vegetables, breads, other forms of cereals, potatoes, beans, nuts, and seeds) fresh fruit as the typical daily dessert, olive oil as the principal source of fat, dairy products (principally cheese and yogurt), and fish and poultry consumed in low to moderate amounts, zero to four eggs consumed weekly, red meat consumed in low amounts, and wine consumed in low to moderate amounts, normally with meals.” In subsequent years the body of scientific evidence supporting the healthfulness of the traditional Mediterranean Diet has continued to grow.



Live a longer, healthier life with the Mediterranean Diet

The Med Diet can help you:

• Lengthen Your Life 
• Prevent Asthma 
• Fight Certain Cancers 
• Protect From Diabetes 
• Keep Depression Away
• Prevent Chronic Diseases
• Nurture Healthier Babies 
• Ward off Parkinson’s Disease
• Safeguard from Alzheimer’s Disease
• Aid Your Weight Loss and Management Efforts
• Lower Risk of Heart Disease and High Blood Pressure