Is the Mediterranean diet also “Yo-Yo”?
Weight gain is a serious issue, no matter what your stage in life. It is a major health concern and can serve to shorten your life if it is not addressed. Certainly, there are a large number of diet plans on the market today. Each has its strengths and weaknesses, its assets and liabilities; but how do you know which one is right for you?
Every year millions of people find themselves jumping from one yo-yo diet to the next in an effort to lose weight.
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Since the people who live in the Mediterranean basin are healthy, someone came up with the idea of creating the Mediterranean diet. This mild area around the Mediterranean sea includes areas of many countries including France, Italy, Spain, the Balkans and even parts of Africa.
Walter Willett, a professor, created the most widely known form of the Mediterranean diet. In addition to physical activity the diet proposes eating a lot of dairy, fish, and meats along with a healthy dose of olive oil and plant food. The diet strictly control fat so that only a total of about 35% of calories come from fat. Experts consider it a high fiber diet. It has been around since 1945 when the version of the Mediterranean diet was first published Ancel Keyes who lived in Italy. But it did not become popular until the 1990s.
Whereas American diets rely on animal fats, the Mediterranean diet utilizes olive oil. Olive oil has many benefits such as lowering cholesterol and blood sugar. Studies show that olive oil helps prevent ulcers and is an effective treatment for certain types of ulcers, as well as important for preventing cancer. Antioxidant elements in red wine, an important part of the Mediterranean diet, are also beneficial.
The American Heart Association recommends diets like the Mediterranean diet . However, the AHA frowns on the amount of fat allowed by the Mediterranean diet. The heart association points to the growing problem of obesity in countries around the Mediterranean basin, which is a serious health concern. The AHA does take solace in the fact that mono saturated fats such as those found in olive oil don’t raise cholesterol levels. It could be that increased health in the basin comes from increased physical activity, rather than from diet.
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