Anyone doing the Mediterranean diet?

[Anonymous]

If so, what changes have you noticed, and how long have you been following? It’s supposed to reduce cholesterol and blood pressure, but I’m wondering about any visible changes like weight loss?

[Anonymous]

It depends on what you used to eat.

[Anonymous]

Yes. I eat that way most of the time. Weight loss if you eat less, not is you don't.

[Anonymous]

Low fat diet is outdated. Full fat, organic, grassfed dairy has so many other health benefits and is not harmful in moderation. I eat full fat yogurt a few times a week and otherwise limit my dairy.

I also eat fewer grains than called for on that diet as I am trying to limit glutens. Finally, I gave up alcohol though I think if you are having a glass or two of wine a week you're fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Low fat diet is outdated. Full fat, organic, grassfed dairy has so many other health benefits and is not harmful in moderation. I eat full fat yogurt a few times a week and otherwise limit my dairy.

I also eat fewer grains than called for on that diet as I am trying to limit glutens. Finally, I gave up alcohol though I think if you are having a glass or two of wine a week you're fine.

sorry - meant to say low fat DAIRY is outdated. Mediterranean diet at least advocates for healthy fats, but the science on low fat dairy is outdated. Real health benefits of full fat but should be organic and grassfed.

[Anonymous]

If you want to lose weight, count and restrict your calories. That is the whole story.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes. I eat that way most of the time. Weight loss if you eat less, not is you don't.

+1.

[Anonymous]

I have always been a huge supporter of the Mediterranean diet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Low fat diet is outdated. Full fat, organic, grassfed dairy has so many other health benefits and is not harmful in moderation. I eat full fat yogurt a few times a week and otherwise limit my dairy.

I also eat fewer grains than called for on that diet as I am trying to limit glutens. Finally, I gave up alcohol though I think if you are having a glass or two of wine a week you're fine.

sorry - meant to say low fat DAIRY is outdated. Mediterranean diet at least advocates for healthy fats, but the science on low fat dairy is outdated. Real health benefits of full fat but should be organic and grassfed.

Is this some different diet than what I actually eat in the Mediterranean country? Didn't realize there was an actual weight loss diet called that. We eat a lot of animal fat, lard, butter, etc. In fact that is how we ate and fried and cooked, our own pigs, our own rendered lard, until 80 when these fads started showing up and nasty trans fats. But, some of us continued to eat the same way as in 1910... and then I moved here and now I have to pay attention and spend ton of money of leaf lard!