The power of the Mediterranean Diet and healthy lifestyle

The Mediterranean Diet is a nutritional model inspired by the traditional food styles of the countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea. Scientists from all over the world have started to study it since the 1950. It still remains among the diets that, associated with a correct lifestyle, have a positive effects on our health.

The Mediterranean Diet is based on the prevalent consumption of foods of vegetable origin such as cereals and derivatives (whole pasta and bread), legumes, fruit, vegetables and extra virgin olive oil and on moderate consumption of animal products such as meat, dairy products and fish.

This food style requires the consumption of low-calorie foods such as vegetables, fruit, cereals and legumes. This ensures a supply of fiber that protects against the onset of many chronic diseases. Moreover, a lot of positive biological activities for our organism have been found by compounds present almost exclusively in foods of vegetable origin.

Vegetable food contains two components that prove fundamental for the prevention of many diseases. The properties of polyphenols contained in fruit, vegetables in seeds and in extra virgin olive oil; pigments such as carotenoids and vitamins such as C and E, useful antioxidants.

The food is a huge part of the diet but when you eat sit down for a relaxed meal with your family, which may be just as important for your health as what’s on your plate. Besides this, don’t forget to do your daily physical activity!

Eat well, stay healthy!