Facts and Fictions About the "Mediterranean Diet"

What nutritionists and ancient historians agree is suitable for the palate of the average human being.

Nutritionists have used all kinds of bizarre catchphrases to promote fad diets since the 1930s. While most fail to survive a decade without being discredited, the so-called Mediterranean Diet¹ seems to be the longest continuously endorsed weight-loss meal plan in the modern era. This plan is nominally based on the premise that people who have settled aro…