What does the Mediterranean diet mean and why is it recommended?
The Mediterranean diet pyramid represents the optimal, traditional Mediterranean diet. It is based on the dietary traditions of Crete and southern Italy in the 1960s. It is structured in the light of nutrition research carried out in 1993 and presented by Professor Walter Willet during the 1993 International Conference on the Diets of the Mediterranean, held in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Mediterranean Diet Pyramid underlines the importance of the foods making up the principal food groups.
