What is all the fuss about the Mediterranean diet?
Although in the world of dieting, the Mediterranean diet is a relatively new-comer as it has only started gaining worldwide recognition in the past decade, the nutritional regimen is inspired by the way Greeks, Italians, and Spaniards have been eating for centuries. For most non-Mediterranean native people who have adopted it, the diet has become much more than just a tool for weight loss: it has transformed into a lifelong habit.
Apart from helping people lose weight, the Mediterranean diet has several health benefits that may surprise you. In the following sections, this e-book attempts to provide you with an insight look into the Mediterranean diet: what it is all about, how to start and stay on the diet, the benefits it brings you, as well as any necessary precautions you might have to take. The material before you is designed as an informative and educational handbook and it should be treated like one.
The e-book begins by portraying the origins and development of the Mediterranean diet, alongside some of the people who have helped popularize it. Next, a brief summary of the countless medical evidence associated with the diet is presented. The following four chapters focus on uncovering how the diet helps people lose weight, which the main nutritional recommendations are, as well as how one can go about starting and sticking to the diet.
There is also a chapter dedicated especially to discussing the side effects associated with the diet. In the end, the e-book presents how the Mediterranean diet can become a lifelong habit and shows the countless benefits associated with transforming the diet into a lifestyle.