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While fad diets and cosmetic surgery continue to offer patchwork (and often dangerous) solutions to the growing problem of the overweight and obese Western population many are finding that an adherence to the traditional and historic Mediterranean diet presents one of the most simple, effective alternatives and solutions.
To examine the typical Mediterranean diet it is important to trace back those civilizations and societies that played a role in contributing to its make-up and by doing this we can best look at the most prevalent foods in the ancient Roman, Greek, Egyptian and Arab cultures and time.
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If you were a caveman you could lower diabetes risks…but You live in a City and eat like a Mediterranean I’ve wrote some times ago, there are a lot of similarities with the Paleo diet and the Mediterranean diet.
They have the basis to eat:
- Fruits
- Vegetables
- Nuts
- Little meats
- Fish
A research proved that the simple diet of the caveman is the “best choice to control diabetes 2”.
The study was conduced on 2 groups of participants who followed the Paleo diet and the Med diet for 3 months had these results. The Med diet group had a much higher intake of grains and dairy products.
The blood sugar rise in response to carbohydrate intake was markedly lower after 12 weeks in the Paleolithic group (–26%), while it barely changed in the-Mediterranean group (–7%). At the end of the study, all patients in the Paleolithic group had normal blood glucose.
Substances in grains and dairy products have been shown to interfere with the metabolism of carbohydrates and fat in various studies.
Ok Maybe the paleo diet is more indicated for people with Diabetes 2 but…could you eat lean meat, sushi everyday and drink crude milk?
As I’ve wrote some weeks ago, on the net there is a lot of misinformation about low carbs diet. Yesterday I’ve read a new article from the Washington post about a new research about the heart risks of the Atkin’s diet.
The researches say that a low-carbohydrate diet may cause risks for heart disease. In fact, during a period of not weight loss the follower of this diet experienced an increasing of “bad” cholesterol (LDL).
What the researchers say
Dr. Michael Miller: Professor in the University of Maryland Medical Center and the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore.
“A stabilizing Atkins diet is not the way to go”
Dr. Robert Bonow, immediate past president of the American Heart Association.
“With the Atkins diet, you do lose weight and experience a short-term beneficial effect on lipid parameters, but the concern would be long-term. Saturated fats are not good for heart health, and many people experience rebound weight gain which is not good.”
He also offers a summary of a nutritional checklist for health:
- Exercise
- Paying attention to calories
- Lots of fruits and vegetables
- Less saturated fat
- Milk products should be skim
- Fried foods are bad
- Omega-3 fatty acids are good
The Mediterranean diet not!
