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The Mediterranean Diet: 3 Ways to Start Losing Weight Today
The Mediterranean Diet was created to replicate the heart-healthy eating habits of countries like Greece and Italy. With a proven track record for reducing the risk of metabolic syndrome, heart disease, stroke and diabetes, following the principles of The Mediterranean Diet don’t just help you lose weight, they help you get your eating habits on a healthy track. With so many benefits offered through the popular weight loss plan, isn’t it time you made a few changes that will dramatically increase your healthy and well-being? Of course it is! Here are three simple changes, inspired by the Mediterranean Diet guidelines that will kick start your weight loss today.
1. Eat Whole Grains. The main ingredients of the Mediterranean diet include abundant amounts of whole grains, fruits and vegetables. Making the swap from white bread to multigrain, eating brown rice instead of white, adding a bowl of oatmeal to your morning routine in place of that bowl of sugary cereal, are a few of the simple ways you can increase your daily whole grain and fiber intake and start losing weight the Med Diet way.
2. Eat healthy fats. Moderate portions of cheese and yogurt. Eliminate butter or margarine from your diet and focus on using olive oil, nuts, avocados and canola oil in your cooking.
3. Go Fish. Adding portions of fish and seafood to your daily diet, limiting red meat to small portions only a few times per month will increase heart health while offering a significant amount of healthy, filling protein to your diet.
Making these small changes to your daily diet, and adding a daily dose of rigorous physical activity, will help you enjoy the benefits of the Mediterranean Diet.
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