The final and last part of this thread is about how one knows indeed,
if they are eating a Mediterranean-style diet.
Trichopoulou developed a score that made eating a Mediterranean-style
diet once again popular during the 1990s. This score was used in a
number of different research studies, including the one cited in this
thread.
I located information on this scoring system. It is as follows.
However, it really is not much different than what I pointed out in my
Analysis of Data thread. Emphasis those factors in your diet, and you
are eating a Mediterranean-style diet that will drastically improve
your chances of surviving long into old age, as well as cure
Syndrome-X.
http://www.raraf.org/journal/ajcn82-163.pdf
"Trichopoulou et al (16) developed a scale to quantify this diet in the
Greek population. We adapted this to develop the alternate
Mediterranean Diet Score (aMED) to use with a food-frequency
questionnaire (FFQ) developed in the
United States."
Look for the aMed score at the very last page of this pdf file.
"Alternate Mediterranean Diet Score (5, 6)
Food group Foods included Criteria for 1 point1
Vegetables All vegetables except potatoes Greater than median intake
(servings/d)
Legumes Tofu, string beans, peas, beans Greater than median intake
(servings/d)
Fruit All fruit and juices Greater than median intake (servings/d)
Nuts Nuts, peanut butter Greater than median intake (servings/d)
Whole grains Whole-grain ready-to-eat cereals, cooked cereals,
crackers, dark breads, brown rice, other grains,
wheat germ, bran, popcorn
Greater than median intake (servings/d)
Red and processed meats Hot dogs, deli meat, bacon, hamburger, beef
Less than median intake (servings/d)
Fish Fish and shrimp, breaded fish Greater than median intake
(servings/d)
Ratio of monounsaturated to saturated fat - Greater than median
intake (servings/d)
Ethanol Wine, beer, "light" beer, liquor 5-25 g/d
1 0 points if these criteria are not met."
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John Gohde,
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The nutrition of eating a healthy diet is a biological factor of the
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