The diet also limits less nutritious processed foods, fried foods, and added sugars.
Can The Green Mediterranean Diet Help Me Lose Weight?
All the participants also took part in physical activity during the study.
Muhammad Asim/Getty
Over 18 months, the researchers looked at how much abdominal fat (visceral fat) the participants lost.
The people who followed the green Mediterranean diet had double the visceral fat loss than the other participants.
Is the Green Mediterranean Right for You?
The green Mediterranean diet is not for everyone.
Even people who may benefit from it can still have challenges making it happen.
You dont have to make a complete shift to a new way of eating.
Your beverage choices are another place to make some greener swapsliterally.
If youre an afternoon coffee drinker, you might trygreen teaa few days a week instead, Garone said.
Godos J, Galvano F.Insights on Mediterranean diet from the SUN cohort: cardiovascular and cognitive health.Nutrients.
2020;12(5):1332. doi:10.3390/nu12051332
Hinoman USA.Meet Mankai the super tiny, mighty green.
2021;70(11):2085-2095. doi:10.1136/gutjnl-2020-323106
