{"id":732,"date":"2022-02-07T16:37:19","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T21:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greeknlp.com\/?p=732"},"modified":"2022-02-20T22:04:17","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T03:04:17","slug":"wellness-and-the-importance-of-the-mediterranean-diet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greeknlp.com\/el\/wellness-and-the-importance-of-the-mediterranean-diet\/","title":{"rendered":"Wellness and the Importance of the Mediterranean Diet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-733\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greeknlp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/M-D-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"284\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greeknlp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/M-D-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.greeknlp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/M-D-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.greeknlp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/M-D-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greeknlp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/M-D-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.greeknlp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/M-D-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.greeknlp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/M-D-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.greeknlp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/M-D-1320x880.jpeg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At any given time, there are always a number of fad diets competing for the attention of America&#8217;s health-conscious, most of whom want to lose weight and eat healthier, so as to live longer and enjoy better overall health. While a number of these fad diets come and go, along with their discoverers, there&#8217;s one that consistently retains the interest of people who are legitimately interested in eating healthy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Mediterranean diet<\/strong> is not really a diet, but a very sound approach to good health, and there&#8217;s no disputing the positive benefits it brings to people. It commonly results in lower blood pressure, better memory faculties, and it provides followers with a very effective vehicle for fighting inflammation, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and stroke.<\/p>\n<p>What exactly is the <strong>Mediterranean diet<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p>In examining the eating habits of people around the world, researchers discovered that people in Greece had a very low incidence of disease, so their eating habits were investigated. It was found that the eating patterns of Greeks diets included an abundance of fresh fruits and vegetables, legumes, and nuts. In addition, fish was on the menu several times a week, cheese and yogurt were eaten most days, olives and olive oil were prominent in the diet, and whole-grain sourdough bread was eaten virtually every day. Red meats were only eaten about one day each week, and the meat usually came from grass-fed animals.<\/p>\n<p>In nutritional terms, this eating pattern takes in all the following:<br \/>\n\u25cf high intake of vitamin C<br \/>\n\u25cf high intake of vitamin E<br \/>\n\u25cf low amounts of saturated fat<br \/>\n\u25cf high amounts of Omega-3 fatty acids<br \/>\n\u25cf numerous anti-oxidants, polyphenols, and flavonoids<br \/>\n\u25cf high intake of bioactive nutrients from plant-based foods and olive oil<br \/>\n\u25cf generous amounts of beta-carotene and lycopene<\/p>\n<p>By following an eating pattern that included the above nutrients, both Japanese and Greek citizens largely avoided heart disease, and were able to maintain a healthy weight. The beauty of adopting this kind of eating pattern is that it means no matter what your ethnic background may be, you will probably enjoy all the same benefits that people do from Greece and Japan, provided that you embrace a similar pattern of eating.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The 8-Week Wellness Program<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking to achieve results relatively quickly, you might want to try the <strong>8-Week Wellness Program<\/strong> which was developed by Konstantina Katsouli, who is a renowned Wellness coach, Strategic Interventionist (SI) and NLP Practitioner. The <strong>8-Week program<\/strong> incorporates <strong>NLP principles<\/strong> such as the holistic approach to happiness, and includes healthy eating as one of the pillars of the program. By eating healthy and adopting a positive attitude about self-love, self-awareness, and self-improvement, you can achieve a state of optimal whole health.<\/p>\n<p>These factors contribute to longevity for individuals, and toward having a sound approach to wellness and health in the modern world. Anyone who is tired of trying the latest diet fads should give this program a try, because it&#8217;s based on philosophy going all the way back to Aristotle, and it embraces a scientifically-proven pattern of healthy eating.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; At any given time, there are always a number of fad diets competing for the attention of America&#8217;s health-conscious,<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":733,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wellness"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wellness and the Importance of the Mediterranean Diet - Greek NLP<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greeknlp.com\/el\/wellness-and-the-importance-of-the-mediterranean-diet\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"el_GR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wellness and the Importance of the Mediterranean Diet - 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