Is the Mediterranean diet an eating plan that helps dieters solve psychological problems for why the overeat?”
First of all, this ‘diet’ is not formally a diet but taking foods from those eaten in that region and suggesting ways to put them together for good nutrition. Solving psychological problems for overeaters – good grief – that aint been invented yet! It really doesnt make a lot of sense either, sorry to say.
You may want to go directly to the Mediterranean Diet Weight Loss Plan Health magazine has created a list of America’s Top 10 Healthiest Diets to try in 2009. The selection has been done by a panel of respected experts; however, most of the chosen diets have something in common: a) They are not long-term oriented nutrition plans but temporary weight loss treatments. b) All of them could be inspired or enclosed in a lifelong diet called Mediterranean Diet, not included in the list. Most of these diets have a problem: after the goal has been achieved, and many times even before this happens, the person returns to their old habits. Then, the weight gaining process returns in a stronger way, as the body has “learned” that it has to “save” for future scarceness. Also, the diet has created a psychological need for eating certain banned foods, which normally are the more delicious and mouthwatering. Nothing of this happens with the lifelong Mediterranean Diet, a model which is continued after