Mediterranean Diet Pyramid Revised

Hello everyone,

Today I am delighted to bring you the new and colorful revised Mediterranean Diet Pyramid released by Oldways. It looks wonderful and its purpose is one more time to show the public in a graphic and appealing way the healthful benefits of the Mediterranean Diet. I hope you enjoy it and use some of the principles that experience and research have shown to work when it comes to have a better health and live longer.

A vuestra salud!

Emilia Klapp, BS, RD.
www.MediterraneanDietfortheHeart.com

 

 

Scientists Update Healthful Mediterranean Diet Oldways Releases Revised Mediterranean Diet Pyramid Last November, Oldways convened a high-level international meeting of leading nutrition scientists to review the very large number of recent studies expanding support for the healthful Mediterranean Diet. Based on this new scientific evidence, Oldways revised the Mediterranean Diet Pyramid, the colorful graphic that displays the high-level science underlying importance to good health. What’s New in the Updated Healthful Mediterranean Diet and Mediterranean Diet Pyramid: (1) Because foods from the plant kingdom are at the core of the Mediterranean Diet, the scientists decided to combine all plant foods into a single group. This change conveys the importance of eating a food or foods from this plant-based group – fruits, vegetables, grains (mostly whole), beans, seeds, nuts, olive oil, herbs and spices (a new addition to this Pyramid too) – at every meal to achieve maximum health benefits. (2) Another key change is the recommendation to eat fish at least twice a week.  (3) The illustration itself is a change. It celebrates the delicious, varied foods of the Mediterranean region, and is designed to get consumers interested and excited about the delicious and healthy foods of the Mediterranean Diet. These are just a few of the changes and we invite you to visit the Oldways website for more details.  We also welcome you to visit the Mediterranean Foods Alliance for Mediterranean recipes, cooking tips, the latest health information and more. For hi-resolution graphics, please contact me at (617) 896-4888, or at aclancy@oldwayspt.org. Salud! Alison Clancy Social Media Manager         Oldways Links:Find us on Twitter – OldwaysPT Oldways Page on Facebook – Become a Fan! About Oldways and the Mediterranean Foods AllianceOldways, a Boston-based non-profit educational organization, changes the way people eat through positive and practical programs grounded in science and tradition. The Mediterranean Foods Allianceis an Oldways program created to help people eat better with the Mediterranean Diet. You can learn more at www.oldwayspt.org and www.mediterraneanmark.org.