What does following a gluten-free diet mean? That you're embarking on an easy diet with a wide range of health-promoting effects. Instead of dwelling on what you’re giving up, consider that you’re going to enjoy a whole new world of delicious food options to meet your special dietary needs. You’ll be eating seasonally, choosing more fresh fruits and vegetables, focusing on meats, seafood, poultry, legumes, lentils, corn, and rice, and discovering fascinating ancient grains such as quinoa, amaranth, and millet. You’ll be able to eat potatoes, eggs, most cheeses, even chocolate (!)—and enjoy them without guilt because you’ll be taking good care of your body. In fact, you’ll probably end up eating—and feeling—better than ever!
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Sticking to a Mediterranean-style diet over the long term might help you avoid accumulating extra pounds. A study found that people whose diets were most similar to the Mediterranean diet gained less weight than people whose eating habits were not Mediterranean-style over four years.
A recent study found that people whose diets were most similar to the Mediterranean diet gained less weight than people whose eating habits were not
Based on their findings, the researchers reasoned that “the Mediterranean dietary pattern may have a beneficial effect in slowing down the weight gain usually observed with age.” Like researchers before them, they proposed the following explanations for the weight gain-preventing effect of this eating pattern:
Cardiologist Arthur Agatston, MD, created the popular South Beach Diet based on the Mediterranean diet model. He noted, "Research continues to demonstrate that being physically active and eating a nutritious diet of primarily whole foods that are filling and satisfying can enable people to control weight, lower blood pressure [and] cholesterol levels, reduce risk of diabetes, heart disease [and] Alzheimer’s disease, and basically protect against chronic diseases."
(Am J Clin Nutr 2010;92:1484–93)