Trichopoulou sounds as stupid as you do.
Mr. Natural-Health wrote:
> 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."
> --
> John Gohde,
> Achieving good Nutrition is an Art, NOT a Science!
>
> The nutrition of eating a healthy diet is a biological factor of the
> mind-body connection. Now, weighing in at 18 web pages, the
> Nutrition of a Healthy Diet is with more do***entation and
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> http://naturalhealthperspective.com/food/
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