The 100-Calorie Secret - Never Diet Again!

You Cannot Pick the Parts of the Mediterranean Diet You Like and Ignore the Others! The issue for many is weight loss--that's  being healthy.Drink a glass of red wine every night, eat the olive oil loaded salads and whole grain pasta and you will gain weight. What about the rest of the Mediterranean Diet?

The  Mediterranean region has gathered an immense appeal among  Americans.  Fresh fruits, vegetables, fish, beans, nuts and last but not least the ultimate Mediterranean food; The almighty extra virgin olive oil.

Mediterranean way of eating:
One diet after another has tried to imitate the Mediterranean way of eating with their diet plans.Every cooking show seems to tell us that we too could be thin and healthy, drinking a glass of red wine every night and putting extra virgin olive oil on everything we eat.Drinking a glass or two of red wine every night will only make most Americans gain weight.

Olive oil has become the 21st century’s “health tonic,” the cure for everything from heart disease, stroke, cancer, stomach ulcers, high blood pressure, aging and, with its high Vitamin E content, the “over the counter” Viagra. However, olive oil is only one component of the Mediterranean lifestyle. We quickly forget to include more fresh vegetables and fruits and to eat much smaller portions of food.

A real Mediterranean diet is not what Americans Like to Eat:
There is much less consumption of eggs, meat and and many of the dairy products that we like. A huge difference is the consumption of sugars. They eat very little candies, very little chocolate and usually about half the Mediterranean people prefer cheeses and fruits over sweet desserts. Lets also not forget that there are a lot more people that do physical labor as farmers, construction workers, bakers, fisher man and craftsman. Sedentary jobs are the minority around the Mediterranean Sea.

The reality is that only a few people living in the U.S. will ever benefit from the Mediterranean diet because few include all the necessary elements of this diet. It is a common mistake to adopt only a few appealing elements of the Mediterranean diet without making all the other necessary changes that constitute a healthy Mediterranean lifestyle.

After all, Italians do not fill up their SUVs at Costco®, Sam’s Club® or B.J.’s®, nor do they eat at Pizza Hut,  McDonald’s®,  or at the Cheesecake Factory®.