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A green Mediterranean diet, which contains more plant matter and very little red meat or poultry, may be better for cardiovascular health and metabolism than the traditional Mediterranean diet.

A Mediterranean diet rich in plant foods is associated with a reduced risk of heart disease, stroke, and diabetes and currently forms the backbone of nutritional guidelines for warding off coronary heart disease.

Its effect is believed to be related to a higher dietary intake of polyphenols and phytosterols, “healthy” fats and fibers and a lower intake of animal protein.

In a study published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), the effects of a green Mediterranean diet on cardiac metabolic risk were investigated.

The study noted: “For a parallel randomized clinical trial of DIRECT-PLUS, we assigned individuals with obesity / abdominal dyslipidemia 1: 1: 1 to three food groups: Healthy Dietary Guidance (HDG), Mediterranean and Green Diet, Together with the body. physical.

Mediterranean diets were uniformly limited to energy and included 28 grams of nuts per day.

The Mediterranean diet also included green tea (three to four cups per day) and the Wolffia globosa plant protein shake, which partially replaced animal protein.

Both Mediterranean diets achieved similar weight loss to the HDG group, but the Mediterranean Green group had a greater reduction in waist circumference (8.6 cm) than the Mediterranean and HDG groups.

The Mediterranean Green Group achieved a greater reduction in LDL cholesterol and a lower diastolic pressure reading in less than 6 months.

The study concluded that a green Mediterranean diet, supplemented with nuts, green tea and mankai and less meat and poultry, could amplify the cardiovascular benefits of the Mediterranean diet.

Researchers from Ben-Gurion University in the Negev in Beersheba, Israel, found that those who followed both types of Mediterranean diets lost the most weight: an average green of 6.2 kg; Mediterranean – 5.4 kg; Healthy nutrition 1.5 kg.

The waist circumference, an indicator of a potentially harmful swelling of the diaphragm, decreased on average by 8.6 cm among those who follow the green Mediterranean diet compared to 6.8 cm for those who follow the Mediterranean diet and 4.3 cm for those who follows a healthy diet.

The medium green diet group achieved a greater reduction in “bad” LDL cholesterol of 6.1 mg / dL, or about 4%.