Embrace The Mediterranean Lifestyle
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The Mediterranean-style diet is known for its heart health benefits, and for good reason. It prioritizes:
- Vegetables
- Fruits
- Whole grains
- Plant proteins
- Nuts
- Olive oil
Time and time again, this way of eating is recognized by experts (including the American Heart Association) as one of the healthiest diets. It emphasizes some of the most nutritious foods, limits sugars and sodium, and includes healthy fats. If you’re going to transform your eating habits into heart healthy ones, this is the diet to model.
To take it slow, choose at least one of these tips to follow today. Work on incorporating more throughout the rest of this challenge:
- Fill at least 50% of your plate with vegetables
- Get your protein mainly from seafood, beans, peas, lentils, nuts and nut butters, and seeds and seed butters
- Use good fats (like avocado and olive oil) in your meals
- Choose whole grains for at least half of your day’s grain servings, usually 6–8 servings
- Have fruit for dessert
- Drink water instead of other beverages
Try a Mediterranean recipe, like Mediterranean Tuna Kebabs, Cheese and Vegetable Frittata with Fruit Salad, Mediterranean Couscous Salad with Chickpeas, or explore more about the Mediterranean diet for heart health. Let us know how it goes in our challenge update thread here, in our private Facebook group, or on Twitter, or Instagram. Tag us with #healthynurse!
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02/22/2022 9:04am CST
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