How to Get America on the Mediterranean Diet

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By Paul Greenberg
Mr. Greenberg is the author of several books on seafood.

Countless studies show it’s the healthiest way to eat. But too few people actually follow it.

'In 1953, not long before President Dwight Eisenhower suffered a heart attack in office, the social scientist Leland Allbaugh published “Crete: A Case Study of an Underdeveloped Area.” The landmark analysis of the eating patterns of an isolated Greek population strongly suggested that a calorie-limited diet high in fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and olive oil and low in animal protein, particularly red meat, could lower the risk of heart attacks and strokes, decrease chronic disease and extend life.

Medical research over the last half-century has largely borne out this initial finding. Weight-loss fads and eating trends come and go, but the so-called Mediterranean diet has stood fast. “Among all diets,” Dr. Walter Willett of Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health concluded in an email, “the traditional Mediterranean diet is most strongly supported for delivering long term health and wellbeing.” '>>>

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/19/opinion/mediterranean-diet-nutrition-weight-loss.html?

[Mme. Defarge]

1. I became Greek Orthodox,

but that’s just moi.

[appalachiablue]

2. Basically what I've done for many ys.; never a big meat fan, luv veggies.

Recently I read that, of all people Hitler, who had digestion issues promoted a very similar diet for Germans: lots of vegetables, some grains, olive oil, and light on bread and meat.

At any rate it's a very healthy way to eat.

[rami999]

3. know them better

let them learn about there culture and traditions,, thats way they will like them and follow their lead