Health Magazine July / Aug 2022

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The Mediterranean Diet; Why is it So Good for Us? Still the top diet of 2022, the Mediterranean diet is still considered the most practical and sustainable diet. But what makes it so effective? Here, Fahmida Jafri, Dietician and Head of Nutrition reveals the facts.

AN EFFECTIVE DIET

The Mediterranean diet, explains Jafri, is a traditional way of eating for people residing in the Mediterranean. She elaborates, “The diet emphasizes on the consumption of fiber; healthy fats like MUFA and PUFA; quality proteins and antioxidant

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rich foods.” Essentially, the Mediterranean diet pattern also ensures clean eating with an array of plant-based choices. “Hence, the effectiveness and popularity of the Mediterranean diet is based on the positive health impact on individuals,” she says.

THE BEST DIET OF 2022 According to Jafri, the Mediterranean diet benefits people of different cultures and origins. “The reason is the raw choices and sources of food which are unanimously available throughout different countries,” she says, and also, it’s easy to


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