The Simple Mediterranean Diet Cookbook for Beginners: Healthy, Delicious Recipes to Lose Weight, Lower Cardiac Disease for a Lifelong Healthy Life

By Rina S. Gritton

The Mediterranean is unlike any diet type you have ever come across because it is not your run off the mill fad, instead it is a lifestyle. Embracing the Mediterranean diet makes the process of your body getting its daily recommended allowance of satisfying healthy nutrients very easy while at the same time promoting a long and healthy life.

Our lifestyles and diets have inevitably brought about an increase in diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular problems, excess weight, etc. The Mediterranean diet has been proven through research to reduce a whole lot of ailments, and the proof is in the people of the Mediterranean.

This book gives a simple and yet to understand guide on the numerous health benefits of the diet, the types of food you should eat and those that you should avoid. You should be cooking great meals that will give you even greater health and every minute you spend preparing such meals for yourself and your loved ones should be thoroughly enjoyed. This is a lifestyle of getting your taste buds to relish every meal and your heart, body weight, and general wellbeing also been top shape all the time.

It is common knowledge that most diets are associated with denying yourself those tasty, aroma filled foods. This is most times a recipe for disaster as the menu is usually not stuck to for any reasonable length of time. If you are looking at getting rid of excess body weight, having a healthy heart and all round good health without jettisoning foods that bring life to your kitchen, then this is the diet type for you. Fill your plate with food from diverse countries smoking with delicious, flavorful and aroma laden dishes.

You will discover recipes that are easy to put together in minutes so that you can enjoy more time with your food. You will relish every bite of the Mediterranean dishes from North Africa to Greece, Italy to France. Dishes such as pasta, roasted vegetables, olives, baked spice salmons, spicy herbs, garlic bread, salad bowls,  and so much more will have your table filled with loved ones taking bites of your healthy cooking!

"The Simple Mediterranean Diet Cookbook for Beginners: Healthy, Delicious Recipes to Lose Weight, Lower Cardiac Disease for a Lifelong Healthy Life" is what you need to begin your journey towards a healthy lifestyle.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Publishdrive
• Release date: Feb 13, 2019

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INTRODUCTION

Research and observations over the years have concluded that people around the Mediterranean are living longer and healthier lives devoid of the common ailments plaguing folks from other parts of the world. For example, heart disease is far lower on the average in this region compared to the U.S. Why are people here not suffering from heart attacks, obesity, arthritis, etc. as much as we are? The simple answer lies in their diet and mode of lifestyle. The food particular to these countries and people is termed the Mediterranean diet

The Mediterranean Diet

It is referred to as the Mediterranean Diet Plan, and it is area specific to the people and the area around the Mediterranean. This diet in itself is not what we are used to which involves restricting and limiting the intake of certain food groups. It is not a fad that is making waves in any particular area of the world. Instead, it is a lifestyle, the way of a specific group of people who have adopted the food found in their area of the world to enjoy a wholesome lifestyle. This eating habit is not all about what is consumed, but it also involves a lifestyle filled with activity rather than been sedentary which is a common cause of the ailments plaguing us. Inhabitants of this area have the lowest recorded rates of heart disease, obesity, arthritis, Alzheimer's compared to other compared parts of the world.

It is not all about a healthy intake of a variety of different food classes, but they also exercise daily. The primary food consumed includes and not limited to, protein from plant sources, vegetables, fruit, seafood and a limited amount of beef from animal sources. The oil mainly found in the diet is of the unsaturated type which is a healthier alternative when compared to saturated fats that can clog your arteries and lead to other health issues. Oils from nuts, olive oil, and fish oil are perfect for this lifestyle.

To fully maximize the potentials that this eating habit has, you need