Submitted by MistWeaver80 t3_zsuxql in science
Reply to comment by wigg1es in Mediterranean diet may lower risk of pregnancy complications. Study Shows that those whose diet was highly similar to a Mediterranean diet had 21% lower risk of any adverse pregnancy outcome compared to those whose diet was highly different from a Mediterranean diet. N=10,000 women by MistWeaver80
I guess there are specific vegetables and some kind of carbohydrates as well. Pizza(or something similar) is eaten in the Mediterranean but is that included? my point is that I suspect saying a "Mediterranean died" is very vague when I suspect people mean something more specific but I don't know what it is.
Whole grains are the carbohydrates.
But I think it's generally supposed to be vague because it's really just a different food pyramid. You don't need to eat specifically Greek or Sicilian or Moroccan food.
Part of the appeal of the Mediterranean diet is that there are a lot of cultures with similar food principles but very different flavors that you can pull from to still enjoy the food that is also improving your health.
Pizza is definitely not Mediterranean
I mean, pizza very much is Mediterranean. It’s wood fire baked flatbread covered in herbs, acidic fruit and preserved dairy.
Next thing you are going to tell me that pita and tzatziki aren’t Med food.
It’s not part of the Mediterranean diet.
It is if you make the crust out of whole wheat flour.
No. Mediterranean diet does not include processed foods, which pizza is.
How are you defining processed? You can make very authentic pizza with nothing but yeasted/sourdough fermented whole wheat flatbread, sliced tomatoes, ricotta, olive oil and basil. What in there is too processed for you?
Apparently, they've only ever had frozen or corporate chain versions.
Exactly. That’s like saying “Chinese food isn’t good for a plant based diet” because of your local Panda Express selection.
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