The Mediterranean Diet Manifesto

May 6, 2014

As you know I am passionate about the Mediterranean diet, the diet I was raised on, but more importantly I am passionate about presenting the real Mediterranean diet as it once was and not a watered-down version of it. So I present to you the Mediterranean Diet Manifesto.

Here is what we all need to know and remember to do:

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14 Comments

  • Reply Brenda August 30, 2021 at 2:19 am

    How did your mother find decent olive oil in Chicago in the 1960s?!

    • Reply Elena Paravantes RDN September 7, 2021 at 7:33 am

      Hi Brenda, Spoke to her the other day. Initially only Spanish olive oil was available or when someone from Greece sent olive oil over to the US. AFter a few years Greek delis opened and they were able to get better olive oil.

  • Reply Anonymous June 24, 2014 at 8:34 am

    Fantastic Manifesto!!!
    And very interesting articles
    Thanks Elena

  • Reply Elly May 28, 2014 at 10:37 am

    You are just what I have been looking for! For years I have been trying to find the best Mediterranean recipe book to follow a healthy mediterranean food plan. (Only thing is I have a severe allergy to beans and pulses).
    Thank you so much for sharing this!

  • Reply Elena Paravantes RDN May 12, 2014 at 6:26 am

    Thank you Zuzanna for reposting the manifesto and also for translating it in Polish!

  • Reply Steve May 6, 2014 at 7:07 pm

    I do all of this except for ‘have your largest meal at lunch’ – eating even a sandwich at lunch makes me very tired and I need to be alert to teach. I prefer to eat my largest meal about 8.00 in the evening.

    • Reply Elena Paravantes RDN May 12, 2014 at 6:28 am

      Try having a mostly vegetable based lunch with a bit of protein rather than than a starchy lunch (like sandwich or pasta), it helps combat that afternoon sleepiness.

  • Reply 370 recipe cooking May 6, 2014 at 5:56 pm

    I love this and plan to post it on my refrigerator as a reminder of good habits!

  • Reply 370 recipe cooking May 6, 2014 at 5:56 pm

    Thank you for the beautiful cook there recipes for cooking in large exceed 370 Recipes

  • Reply Janice May 6, 2014 at 4:29 pm

    I love this and plan to post it on my refrigerator as a reminder of good habits!

  • Reply Philip Papadopoulos May 6, 2014 at 3:07 pm

    Hi,
    I’m the dean of Perrotis College of the American Farm School of Thessaloniki.
    I would like to have your permission (and help) to reproduce your manifesto as a poster for a public event we are organising end of May titled “Food, Taste & Society.

    Thank you in advance
    Philip

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