A Mediterranean approach to diet
Multiple factors are likely to account for the potential benefits for this approach, which encompass cardiometabolic and mental health, and healthy ageing
The Mediterranean diet is a dietary pattern based on the eating habits and traditional foods from the olive-growing regions of the Mediterranean basin before the mid-1960s.1
While there is no single Mediterranean diet, it is broadly described as a plant-based dietary pattern that is rich in healthy fats, dietary fibre, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, and low in saturated fat and sodium.2
