Mediterranean Diet for Dummies

By Rachel Berman

Book Overview

Expert advice on transitioning to this healthy lifestyle The Mediterranean diet is a widely respected and highly acclaimed diet based on the food and lifestyles common to the people of Greece, Cyprus, Southern France, Spain, and coastal Italy. In addition to being a healthy, extremely effective way of losing weight, the Mediterranean diet is considered an effective means of avoiding or reversing many health problems, such as cardiovascular issues, pre-Diabetes, and obesity. This hands-on, friendly guide covers the numerous health benefits of the Mediterranean diet and encourages meals that consist largely of healthy foods such as whole grains, fresh fruits and vegetables, olive oil and other healthy fats, fish, and foods high in Omega-3 fat content, such as seafood, nuts, beans, and dairy products. Featuring 20 delicious and nutritious recipes and chock-full of tips from consuming the best oils to whether wine is okay with meals (it is), Mediterranean Diet For Dummies serves as the formula for maximizing success in achieving ideal weight and health. Explains how switching to a Mediterranean diet can ward off the risk of many diseases Includes 20 tasty recipes Also available: Mediterranean Diet Cookbook For Dummies If you've heard of this highly acclaimed and publicized diet, Mediterranean Diet For Dummies helps you make the switch.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 111871525X
• ISBN13: 9781118715253
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: For Dummies
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.3" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

“Mediterranean Diet for Dummies” takes the mystery out of the Mediterranean diet.

There are many types of diets for many reasons. You could write an encyclopedia on diet reviews alone. This is a review of the book. This book is a great overview of what the Mediterranean diet is and is not. For me, it was more depth and what I was looking for, how it works, and even recipes. As with many of the “For Dummies Series,” this book is easy to navigate, and if you are searching for anything specific, it is easy to find. One test I tried in the book was to skip exotic recipes and find quick meals and frozen equivalents; it was easy to find a section on this. I also found the section on nuts and berries that would have made Euell Gibbons salivate. There is a huge section on wines, which shows this book has a little something for everyone. However, my body cannot tolerate alcohol, so it is wasted on me. There are lots of nifty diagrams that are a thousand words to supplement your reading. Whatever you do, do not read chapter 4 unless you like bloodthirsty, gory movies. This is a bloodthirsty, gory chapter on high blood pressure and stroke; the worst of which is a little section on how the brain reacts to blood. I will not go into more detail, but I gave this book a great rating for not what it is missing but what it contains.