A 34-year-old member asked:
what is the mediterranean pyramid diet?
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Dr. Steven Charlap answered
37 years experience Holistic Medicine
Diet that was...: ...Consumed by people living near the mediterranean sea (but no longer). The pyramid emphasizes at is base, plant based foods such as fruits, vegetables, beans, nuts, and whole grains, and as the foundation of the pyramid narrows upwards, it adds olive oil, fish, meat, chicken, wine, and dairy foods in smaller amounts.
Answered on Dec 26, 2014
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Dr. John La Puma answered
Specializes in Internal Medicine
Gold Standard Eating: Launched by the Oldways Preservation and Exchange Trust in 1993, the pyramid stands in contrast to the Standard American Diet especially. It is based on the dietary traditions of Crete, Greece and southern Italy circa 1960 at a time when the rates of chronic disease among populations there were among the lowest in the world/
Answered on Dec 11, 2015
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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered
25 years experience Psychiatry
Food pyramid?: Not sure what is being referred to a health pyramid.
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Dr. Richard Zimon answered
59 years experience Internal Medicine
Rigidity: Involuntary movements alternating with rigidity......usually as a side effects of certain medications!!!!!
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Dr. Ed Friedlander answered
44 years experience Pathology
A scam: It's been around since the 1970's. People want to believe silly stuff. If you're a high-school kid and want to test it in an experiment, fine -- it'll ... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
Dr. Heidi Fowler answered
25 years experience Psychiatry
Yes: Here's a good article from Harvard: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/plate-replaces-pyramid/
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