Mediterranean Diet Cookbook For Dummies

✍ Scribed by Smith, Laura L;Meri Raffetto

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Canada, Limited
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Improve your health, lose weight, and prevent and fight disease

For decades, doctors and nutritional experts have observed and confirmed that Mediterranean countries have much lower occurrences of hypertension, cardiovascular disease, obesity, cancer, and diabetes in their citizens than northern European countries and the United States. The Mediterranean Diet For Dummies features expert advice on transitioning to this healthful lifestyle by providing meal planning tips, exercise regimens, and more than 150 recipes inspired by the cuisines of Italy, Greece, southern France, and Spain to improve your health, lose weight, and prevent and fight disease.

Rather than focusing on restricting certain foods and ingredients, the Mediterranean diet embraces a variety of food choices that promote freshness, whole grains, healthy fats, more vegetables and less meat, understanding proper portion control, and using items like wine and olive oil to create rich flavors. With...

✦ Subjects

Diet--Mediterranean Region;Nutrition;Cooking, Mediterranean;Diet;Diet -- Mediterranean Region;Mediterranean Region