Started this diet spring 2023. Lost 60 pounds, no longer suffer from inflammation and even balanced my hormones to the point i am no longer suffering from menopausal symptoms. People thought it was crazy how i used olive oil to cook everything (saying it was too much) but I feel great and will stay with this way of eating
The dr. Suggested to go on the diet, absolutely loved it, plus it isn’t a diet, it’s a way of life. Lost weight, however, stopped doing it, put the weight back on, 2024 going to start it again.
It’s also basically the same diet as most middle eastern people have, but with different flavor profiles, so there’s an incredibly large pool of recipes to choose from
Absouloutly delicious, I've made several meditterrean meals and I just love them, so healthy you can taste it in your food❤ nothing else compares. Though I do have a question, how many times a week should you eat Red meat Chicken Fish Eggs Thank you☺️
…and the children are fed the same foods at school. In France, the food culture is taught from a very early age. School dinners are checked by dietitians to ensure they are healthy and balanced and plant based. They are highly subsidised by the authorities. Parents pay €2-3 per meal. In the UK parents from year 2 onwards pay £2.70 towards school dinners and are served poor quality food. I hate to imagine what children get in the USA for school dinners. I would so love to have a med-style market to shop at, but our 1,000 year old market has ceased to exist because of the supermarket monopoly. 😥
Reasons why diets don’t work, you get to your target and stop. Hence why making permanent lifestyle changes are the key, e.g eating like a Mediterranean. That being said please remember to treat yourself every now and then
When I was younger and I'm talking like 9th grade. I read a book about the Mediterranean diet and I grossly misinterpreted it thinking it just meant eat a ton of pasta. As long as it's whole grain pasta and now then I'm older. I know it's more like eat a ton of vegetables and fruit. Drizzle it with a little olive oil and season it with a source of protein And have a side of whole grains
I’ve mostly been eating this way with a bit of tweaks (adding some things that are more Okinawan, I suppose…or maybe just more “Eastern” (since I do not have any Okinawan roots…or any Japanese roots? For that matter) so that I won’t look like I’m completely ignoring my heritage completely.
Started this diet spring 2023. Lost 60 pounds, no longer suffer from inflammation and even balanced my hormones to the point i am no longer suffering from menopausal symptoms. People thought it was crazy how i used olive oil to cook everything (saying it was too much) but I feel great and will stay with this way of eating
I'm happy for you pete
What is your favorite meal to make?
What did you eat?
Do you have an olive oil recommendation?
My heart naturally follows this diet ❤ a good quality olive oil from Greece 🇬🇷
It's not a "diet' at all. It's just good food that tastes good and makes you feel good.
I have been on this way of eating for just over 2 weeks. I love it, such awesome flavours and I'm never hungry.
I’m going to start incorporating this lifestyle because my gallbladder is happy when i eat these types of foods and i have no flareups
Enjoy!
The dr. Suggested to go on the diet, absolutely loved it, plus it isn’t a diet, it’s a way of life. Lost weight, however, stopped doing it, put the weight back on, 2024 going to start it again.
What did you eat?
It’s also basically the same diet as most middle eastern people have, but with different flavor profiles, so there’s an incredibly large pool of recipes to choose from
Absouloutly delicious, I've made several meditterrean meals and I just love them, so healthy you can taste it in your food❤ nothing else compares.
Though I do have a question, how many times a week should you eat
Red meat
Chicken
Fish
Eggs
Thank you☺️
The dr, said to me, 1 a week for red meat, she did say 1 a fortnight, but weekly was ok, chicken and fish maybe a couple of times a week.
@@cheriea.6195 thank you for answering☺️
In one of his videos, he said meat is like a condiment 😊
Every day if you can
Thanks Bill!
…and the children are fed the same foods at school. In France, the food culture is taught from a very early age. School dinners are checked by dietitians to ensure they are healthy and balanced and plant based. They are highly subsidised by the authorities. Parents pay €2-3 per meal. In the UK parents from year 2 onwards pay £2.70 towards school dinners and are served poor quality food. I hate to imagine what children get in the USA for school dinners. I would so love to have a med-style market to shop at, but our 1,000 year old market has ceased to exist because of the supermarket monopoly. 😥
Reasons why diets don’t work, you get to your target and stop. Hence why making permanent lifestyle changes are the key, e.g eating like a Mediterranean. That being said please remember to treat yourself every now and then
When I was younger and I'm talking like 9th grade. I read a book about the Mediterranean diet and I grossly misinterpreted it thinking it just meant eat a ton of pasta. As long as it's whole grain pasta and now then I'm older. I know it's more like eat a ton of vegetables and fruit. Drizzle it with a little olive oil and season it with a source of protein And have a side of whole grains
Also how much eggs and feta can I eat in a week please?
😊 yumm. Whaat! 😊
I’ve mostly been eating this way with a bit of tweaks (adding some things that are more Okinawan, I suppose…or maybe just more “Eastern” (since I do not have any Okinawan roots…or any Japanese roots? For that matter) so that I won’t look like I’m completely ignoring my heritage completely.
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My mom lost 40 pounds because she of the Mediterranean diet
Honoarary reason number 8, it’s all real food and whole foods instead of heavily processed and artificial foods
Can you do this diet if you hate fish? I’ll like chicken so can I substitute chicken for fish?
Of course; as he said, the major component are plants
Yep 👍
✅️ I been eating that way whole my life without knowing is a number 1 !!!
Well it's not number 1 it's on number 3 Japanese diet is on number one followed by Indian
Healthy fats
WHAT😂
Calling it plant based is wild 😆
You should visit these countries and observe it first hand
The best diet is a balanced diet and you don't need none of this crap
Fish and cheese are not plant based
Listen to him carefully; its base are plants but that does not mean that you cannot have dairy or fish/meat
I'm confused about butter. I try to avoid ultra processed food. Therefore I switched from margerine to real butter. Is that a healthy choice?
Yes, butter is fine. I would still eat the majority of fat from extra virgin olive oil, but butter is great to add extra flavor.
@@Mediterraneanliving Thank you! I almost threw it in the bin. I only use butter for sandwiches. For all cooking and dressings I use evoo.
@@Mediterraneanlivingbutter isn’t fine