The new Mediterranean Diet Pyramid: Part 2

The Mediterranean pyramid also encourages

- Regular exercise
- Enjoying meals with others which allows for
foods to be enjoyed more and creates a healthy
appreciation of life
- Eating low amount of processed foods but adding
more plant foods, fresh vegetables and whole grains
- Using olive oil in moderation for all cooking
and salad dressing
- If you are going to eat dairy products- go for
the low fat varieties
- If you are going to eat meat, choose poultry instead
of lean meat. Limit lean meat to only a few times a month or less

Over the past 18 years since the Mediterranean diet was first introduced, a lot of clinical research has been down to reveal the health benefits of such a diet. Further, some restaurants have even based their menus on this style of cooking.