Recipes for Healthy Weight Loss: Mediterranean Diet Books
Enjoy these Mediterranean diet books to help you explore a way of eating that leaves you satisfied in every way!
Lose weight while enjoying a diet rich in vegetables, fruits, whole-grains, legumes, lean protein, nuts, extra virgin olive oil, and even wine!
There is no “diet” food on this plan, just natural, wholesome, nutrient-rich, delicious food!
Eat amazing entrees such as Greek Salmon which takes less than 30 minutes to prepare, but will impress those you love with your culinary skill.
This large selection of Mediterranean diet books will help make it easy!
Did You Know?
A study in the Archives of General Psychiatry finds that the Mediterranean diet can minimize your risk of depression! Depression, like many other diseases, is linked to higher levels of inflammation throughout the body. Researchers found that depression may:
“yield in the face of a ‘synergistic combination’ of polyunsaturated fats from olive oil and nuts, antioxidants from fruits and flavenoids, B vitamins and natural folate from vegetables and wine.”
Long considered one of the healthiest diets in the world, Mediterranean cuisine, which is a variety of different cuisines from southern Italy, Spain, Morocco, Tunisia, Greece, and southern France, has exploded in popularity due to the many health benefits, such as a decreased risk for heart disease, cancer, and Alzheimer’s disease.
It is common knowledge that obesity may shorten our life span by five to twenty years! It ranks above smoking, drinking, and poverty as a detriment to our health-related quality of life. Achieving and maintaining a healthy weight may be the single best gift we give ourselves!
This diet, unlike many, is easy, delicious, satisfying, and healthy! Out with processed “food”, and in with the natural, fresh, real food!
While our focus here is weight loss, the Mediterranean “diet” also refers to an easy way to eat healthy. Even if you maintain a healthy weight, this eating plan is the one for you!
Check out the 2009 Harvard Health Pyramid, which is based on the Mediterranean lifestyle.
In June 2011, the USDA approved a new symbol for healthy eating. “Choose My Plate. Gov” is trying to make it even easier to make wise choices!
