THE BENEFITS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN DIET

Have you ever heard of the Mediterranean diet? It is one of the most popular types of healthy diet bringing many advantages to the organism. Let’s discover more about the characteristics and benefits of Mediterranean diet.

What is Mediterranean diet?

The Mediterranean diet is based on the diets of people from Crete, Greece, and Southern Italy. The Mediterranean diet profile focuses mainly on plant-based food on whole grains, good fats (fish, olive oil, nuts etc.), vegetables, fruits, fish, and very low consumption of any non-fish meat. The Mediterranean diet is not only about healthy food, it is a mindset of wellness; it emphasizes the need to spend time eating with family and practicing physical activity too.

The Mediterranean diet principles are associated with numerous health benefits. A Mediterranean-type diet has been demonstrated to exert a preventive effect toward cardiovascular diseases, in both Mediterranean and non-Mediterranean populations. Those who undertake this type of diet show a healthier metabolism, low rate of heart and chronic disease, diabetes and obesity. Studies also suggested a potential role in preventing certain cancers. Finally, newer research has showed that a higher adherence to the Mediterranean diet is associated with a lower risk of cognitive decline, depression, and other mental disorders.

Overall, a better understanding of the key elements of this dietary pattern, the underlying mechanisms, and targets, are important to support current evidence and to provide insights on new and potential outcomes.

Food in Mediterranean diet

What does really consist a Mediterranean diet in? In simple terms, the Mediterranean diet is a lifestyle, which can be explained through the figure of a pyramid divided in sections:

At the bottom, there are bread, whole grains, beans, legumes, nuts and seeds. In the section just above there are fruit, vegetables and olive oil. All these servings are recommended to be eaten daily. Going up the pyramid there are foods that must be consumed in a limited amount like milk and dairy products, fish and seafood, eggs and poultry. At the top, we find foods that are recommended to be consumed in very small amounts, for example, only special occasions and they are meat and sweets especially.

And the ProLon diet?

As it shows, it is a complete diet; it comprehends almost every kind of food, so it is really varied and it is not hard to undertake it. You can experiment infinite combinations of healthy food, creating delicious Mediterranean recipes by yourself or with the help of ready-made kits like ProLon®.

Have you ever heard of ProLon® Fasting Mimicking Diet? You can get many benefits of the Mediterranean diet while fasting, but without giving up the pleasure of tasty, conveniently packaged, mainly plant-based foods like bars, soups, a variety of snacks, drinks and supplements, all studied and carefully designed to nourish your body and support metabolic and overall health for healthy aging.

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