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The SparkDiet: Mediterranean Style!

Lose Weight by Adding Color, Taste, and Texture

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SCAPP3LL3

2/15/2013 10:05:51 PM

Sounds great but its not true. I live in Italy, they eat cookies for breakfast. Seriously. And they NEVER eat healthy whole grains. All the fresh breads, pastas, pastries, etc. are from white, refined, simple-carb flour.
They are thinner, but not necessarily healthier. They have a huge rate of diabetes in people 60 and older. And all the other human conditions common in America. Except obesity.

TOUDLES

10/12/2012 8:29:48 PM

Yumm. Sounds wonderful but I always have such a problem with portion control with pasta.

LWDSSPRUCE

9/10/2012 8:41:58 AM

Sounds great , think I'll give it a try

BLUEKITTYGP12

9/10/2012 3:07:27 AM

I would love to go to the Mediterranean and try it from the original source.

LKBRIDGE

7/24/2012 1:10:20 AM

I am going to look for a med. cookbook--all of it sounds delicious and I was reading an article that women 50+ should follow this diet plan.

CINDYRINAL

7/23/2012 2:05:42 PM

I'm trying this out - might be right for me.

SINGINGMAIDEN

12/21/2011 8:56:35 AM

Honestly I was skeptical about this until I lived in Italy for a few months. I lost 20 pounds in 3 months over there.

RTOLBERT

5/10/2011 9:41:12 AM

This is a great way to eat. I actually eat a LOT less, because of all the new textures and flavors. I love a good citrus salad dressing, too! :-)

TMERTELL

1/15/2011 2:43:53 PM

Just wondering why there isn't a Mediterranean Cuisine recipe section on the site?

LIVINGONMYTERMS

12/27/2010 10:29:06 AM

Sounds really high carb :-(

HEARTFULL

12/25/2010 6:44:05 PM

This is a really good way to eat! I have really had to train myself to eat more vegetables when sometimes I just want bread. But I love my afternoon snack of a fresh apple and almonds or walnuts. Thanks Maddy for the cookbook recommendation--I am going to request that at the library for more ideas.

MADDY_AVENA

12/25/2010 10:29:54 AM

The Mediterranean Vegan Kitchen by Donna Klein is a GREAT cookbook for wonderful recipes influenced by styles from Spain to Morocco to Italia. I wasn't a vegan when I got this book and I felt free to add cheese or chicken to different recipes, but it was also my transition book to becoming vegan. There are no meat substitutes, just excellent, flavorful whole foods. The quick minestrone is still one of my stand by soups 4 1/2 years later. It's a great way to eat especially in the summer when my garden is giving me all that lovely "Mediterranean" produce!

SEBAKER11

8/16/2010 10:17:00 PM

Thanks, Becky! Terrific article!

CHAKRATEEZE

5/3/2010 10:08:04 AM

I've been a flexatarian and stopped eating red meat for 3 years and have lost 80 lbs in the process.

MBENNETT2009

5/3/2010 9:49:06 AM

@NOPLACELIKENOLA - Why to you need to have animal protein at every meal? Just curious. Fish is usually the protein of choice is the Mediterranean lifestyle diet.

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