For safe weight loss and general health, nothing beats some form of a Mediterranean Diet, which involves eating vegetables and lean meats, specifically seafood.
Named after the area where it has traditionally been practiced by Greeks, Italians, Spaniards, and others living along the coast, the Mediterranean Diet is a nutritionist’s dream: at its core are plenty of vegetables, flavored with olives and olive oil and vinegar; protein is delivered in the form of leans meats like grilled chicken or fish and shellfish, in addition to eggs and cheese – and that’s it.
That’s all there is to it.

It’s all very straight-forward and not too surprising, except maybe for its benefits.
That’s because given the way things are today, one might imagine that to lose weight and be healthy must mean converting to veganism, but the Mediterranean Diet proves that balance is what’s most critical.
Mostly vegetables, with a limited amount of animal protein, all flavored by healthy oils such as that made from olives.
Easy.

In fact, it’s not that complicated.
Human beings have been on the planet for millions of years now, and our tastes have not altered that much.
Actually, it isn’t our diets so much as our modern sedentary lifestyles that are at fault.
Army infantrymen and Amish farmers prove this.
Given to rigorous physical activity throughout the day almost every day, these two groups of people take in huge amounts of fat, salt, and sugar on a typical and frequent basis and are typically healthy.
But due to all the manual hard work they engage in, such nutrients – for that is what fat, salt, and sugar are: nutrients – are used by the body rather than simply clogging it up.

Hence, in addition to a Mediterranean way of eating, we might do well to also emulate a Mediterranean lifetsyle of work, sun, and siesta!

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