The Mediterranean diet has been shown to aid weight loss, improve blood sugar and lower blood pressure and cholesterol. It’s also been linked to a lower risk of heart disease, stroke, dementia ...

The Mediterranean diet also wins gold medals for healthy weight loss and lowering obesity. Obesity is a leading risk factor for cancer and many other chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes ...

The Mediterranean diet scored a 4.8 out of 5 based on an evaluation of several factors, including nutritional completeness, health risks and benefits, long-term sustainability and evidence-based ...

The Mediterranean diet started to gain attention as a healthy way of eating in the 1950s, when scientist Ancel Keys, PhD, of the the University of Minnesota School of Power discovered a ...

US News gave the Med diet a 4.8 rating, out of 5, for best overall diet and named it No. 1 in the arthritis, diabetes, diverticulitis, fatty liver, gut health, healthy eating, high cholesterol ...

More of an approach to eating than a strict diet plan, the Mediterranean diet pyramid—introduced in the 1990s by the World Health Organization and other health leaders—is based on the mid-20th ...

Older women who stayed on a reduced-calorie Mediterranean diet, walked and did resistance training for three years improved their bone density, especially in their lower backs, a new study found ...

The MIND diet, or Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay, scores individual foods based on how protective they are and how much is eaten. Berries — especially strawberries ...

Older women who stayed on a reduced-calorie Mediterranean diet, walked and did resistance training for three years improved their bone density, especially in their lower backs, a new study found.