What Is So Great About The Mediterranean Diet?

Q. What are the types of foods I eat on this diet? You can eat large portions of vegetables and fruits, whole grains, legumes and nuts, lower amounts of poultry and red meats, yogurt and certain cheeses and a little bit of red wine.

Q. Is the Mediterranean diet high in fat. Can people still lose or maintain weight on a Mediterranean diet? A. Yes the Mediterranean diet is high in fat but they are healthy fats unlike the saturated fats found in a typical American diet. The fats in the Mediterranean Diet come from monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats which are very important for your body.

Q. I thought that fat is what makes you fat? Good fat does not make you fat, taking in a lot more calories than you burn off or that your body needs is what causes weight gain

Q. How is this diet so different than the American…

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