Comments on: The New Non-Diet Mediterranean Diet

By: Obesity Isn’t The Disease…It’s Only A Symptom | Health Habits

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:38:15 +0000

[...] can start by dumping the Standard American Diet and replace it with something more Mediterranean or Asian or [...]

By: DR

DR — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:27:24 +0000

Thanks Brit!

I can’t believe I missed this story.

By: Brit

Brit — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:09:38 +0000

DR–stumbled across an article that talked about the Mediterranean diet. Thought it might interest you: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/13/health/13brod.html?em

By: DR

DR — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:23:25 +0000

Dr. Dan,

The study was designed to look at dietary compliance.

Were the women able to fit their new Mediterranean diet rules successfully into their lives?

Any evidence of health benefits was outside the scope of their research. But, I think we both have seen research backing up the health benefits of the med diet.

By: Dr Dan

Dr Dan — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:39:19 +0000

It doesn’t say what health benefits the group had at the end of the study compared to the control group. Were there any changes in weight?

By: DR

DR — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:21:03 +0000

Aw shucks...now I am blushing BTW, thanks for the Wellsphere vote

By: beaglesmuggler

beaglesmuggler — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:53:58 +0000

Your blog has been a big help over the last year for me. In 2008, like many previous years, I resolved to loose the weight. I’m not all the way there, but I also have lost more than 5 lbs, and even better, not gained it back. Your blog has helped to remind me that change is slow, but steady and that it’s about changing the way that I look at food, activity and how they work in my life. I’m looking forward to reading your blog for the next year for reminders that the little pills, shakes etc… are not the way, for exercise tips, nutrition and all round great info.

By: Emily

Emily — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:21:39 +0000

Great post as usual — and I’m also noticing your posts seem to be making me laugh more and more (“gaining back an extra 5 pounds just to be ironic”).

As for squash, NOT trying to force it on you, but I remember reading an interesting-sounding NYTimes recipe that I’ve tried and liked; it’s here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/23/health/22recipehealth.html?_r=1&scp=25&sq=squash%20pasta&st=cse.

But like you said — if you don’t like it, you don’t necessarily need to force yourself to eat it!

By: Julie Trelstad

Julie Trelstad — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:40:22 +0000

DR – Thanks for the recommendations on exactly how to add more fruits and veggies in an American. It doesn’t seem so difficult when you break it down into single servings.

By: Steve Parker, M.D.

Steve Parker, M.D. — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:37:29 +0000

Even if diets don’t work for the majority of dieters, they work for some. Let’s say one in 10.

[Success rate may be higher, depending on how you define success: http://advancedmediterraneandiet.com/blog/?p=20

It’s like quitting cigarettes. Most successful quitters try five to seven times before they succeed. That’s just the way it is. If they didn’t try, they for sure wouldn’t be able to quit.

What I hate to see is someone wasting their time with diets that are doomed from the git-go, like the Cabbage Soup Diet. Or programs that convince you that long-term success is not at all related to regular physical activity.

-Steve