{"id":9901,"date":"2021-05-10T13:05:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T17:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=9901"},"modified":"2021-05-09T22:14:11","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T02:14:11","slug":"just-asking-do-you-really-know-the-mediterranean-approach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=9901","title":{"rendered":"Just Asking &#8230; Do You Really Know The Mediterranean Approach?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Literally everyone recommends it. But do you know what it actually is? This is meant to be an interactive post, so respond with your honest impressions and I&#8217;ll answer each post. Feel free to respond to each other as well, (with positive constructive comments!).\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who&#8217;s on board with the Mediterranean Lifestyle Approach?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>How&#8217;s this list below for a Who&#8217;s Who of health advice? And, if you run out of things to do and want to take a deep dive on each one, the links to their position statements are also linked below.\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietaryguidelines.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2020-12\/Dietary_Guidelines_for_Americans_2020-2025.pdf\">here<\/a>) recommends the Mediterranean Diet.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>National Institute on Aging (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nia.nih.gov\/health\/what-do-we-know-about-diet-and-prevention-alzheimers-disease\">here<\/a>)\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Harvard School of Public Health (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsph.harvard.edu\/nutritionsource\/healthy-weight\/diet-reviews\/mediterranean-diet\/\">here<\/a>)\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The American Diabetes Association (<a href=\"https:\/\/spectrum.diabetesjournals.org\/content\/30\/2\/72\">here<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone recommends it. But what IS it? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9904,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[528,494,285,558],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-activity","category-articles","category-mediterranean-diet","category-nutrition"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/cartoon-of-italian-family-eating-at-a-table-e1620611741238.jpg?fit=2475%2C1018&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7Qv5g-2zH","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2580,"url":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2580","url_meta":{"origin":9901,"position":0},"title":"Mediterranean Diet Lowers Blood Pressure","author":"Will Clower","date":"May 14, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"The Mediterranean Dietary approach can help lower blood pressure. This, according to this report published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, adherence to this way of eating was associated with lower blood pressure.This adds to the data indicating that the consistent health benefits of this approach. For instance, recent\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Articles&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Articles","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?cat=494"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2640,"url":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2640","url_meta":{"origin":9901,"position":1},"title":"Mediterranean Diet Puts Out the Flames","author":"Will Clower","date":"December 23, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Inflammation. This is the newest marker for heart disease.This article summary indicates that the Mediterranean diet decreases the markers for inflammation more than the standard Western diet. 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