GREECE

1 Highly Consumed Foods

Fruits and vegetables
Nuts
Consume fish and seafood frequently
Consume legumes frequently
Use olive oil as the main added fat (1)

2 MEAN CALORIC INTAKE

Moderately Men: 2192 kcal/day Limited Consumed

Consumed Foods Women: 1530 kcal/day Foods

Fish Average: 2000kcal (2) Red meat

Low fat (yogurt and Sodium (2)

cheese) Butter

Alcohol - wine during Eggs

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meals (1)
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4 Advantages 5 Disadvantages
Mediterranean Diet (2) Low Caloric Intake
> 400g/d fruits and vegetables Low in lean meat and chicken
(1) Weight gain from high fat
Less milk, more cheese (2) intake (nuts + olive oil)
Cereals in the form of
sourdough bread rather than
pasta (2)
Communal Eating

6 THE PERFECT GREEK

SALAD
Detrimental The perfect Greek
Fried Foods (Meatballs, salad with fresh
Small Fish, Moussaka) tomatoes, cucumbers,
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Alternatives red onions, green
peppers, romaine
Replace Olive Oil with lettuce, olives and feta
Almond Oil, Coconut Oil, cheese tossed in a
Peanut Oil and Avocado lemon vinaigrette.
Oil
s.

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11;14(6):1193. doi: 10.3390/nu14061193.
2. Estruch R, Salas-Salvadó J. "Towards an even healthier Mediterranean diet". Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis.
2013 Dec;23(12):1163-6. doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2013.09.003.