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I took a bit of time away from my normal world last week and set south to lay on the beach in Florida. Within a day of being there I was bombarded with new diet techniques and questions from my girlfriends grandmother about which diet to follow. It’s safe to say diets are very trendy among the older population in Florida.
The Mediterranean diet kept coming up in conversation, as we were eating a lot of fresh seafood. Although this isn’t new news, this diet has been the recent “go to” lifestyle because of the increased risk of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and many types of cancer that are common in the older generations in our society. I’m thinking finally people are interested in following a diet that is considered to be a sustainable lifestyle rather than a quick way to loose 10 lbs in a week!
The article “Protecting your heart with the Mediterranean diet,” by Dr. David Samadi discusses the inspiration of the diet from along the Mediterranean coast where the main staple foods include nuts, whole grains, fruits, vegetables, fish and olive oil. The highlighted dietary items to moderate or minimize consumption are, red meat, refined cereals, sweets, and some dairy products. The main concept is to eat primarily a plant based diet.
As many older people are retired, they spend a lot of time reading and watching the news, and I must say they are interested in health and diet news. The importance of publishing articles such as this one is to share about how to increase the health of ones heart to minimize the risk of chronic diseases.
This article briefly describes the benefits of the antioxidants in fruits and vegetables which help to inhibit the development of cancer, as well as the monounsaturated fats found in nuts and olive oil which are known to reduce the risk of coronary heart disease and lower the bad cholesterol.
I was thrilled with the older population I was around because they were so interested in changing their diet for their health, rather than taking more medicine! I think as long as these eating lifestyles remain in the media the retired readers will benefit from the exposure to these ideas and will start to take it upon themselves to shift their eating habits.
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