The Mediterranean Diet involves eating lots of fruits, vegetables, beans, nuts, healthy grains, fish, olive oil, and small amounts of meat, dairy, and red wine.
This diet can aid in weight loss and lower your risk for various health conditions like hypertension, stroke, and heart diseases.
People with a certain genetic makeup benefit experience more weight loss than others when on this diet.
The Mediterranean diet is based on the traditional foods that people used to eat in countries surrounding the Mediterranean sea.
There’s no single Mediterranean diet plan, but in general, you’d be eating lots of fruits and vegetables, beans and nuts, healthy grains, fish, olive oil, small amounts of meat and dairy, and red wine.
The Mediterranean diet is rich in unsaturated fats, or the “good” fats that provide a lot of health benefits, including weight loss, reduced risk of heart diseases, and stroke. They also help you lower your cholesterol levels.
The focus on fresh, unprocessed foods in this diet means lower consumption of salt as well. This can help maintain your blood pressure levels. Additionally, this diet is also rich in fiber, which again helps in weight loss!
Nutrigenetic studies indicate that certain genes influence your response to specific diets. A study analyzed the influence of the FTO gene on weight loss when on the Mediterranean diet. The FTO gene, or the fat-mass obesity gene, is the most extensively studied genes for obesity and other weight-related parameters. The study found that people carrying a specific type of this gene experienced more weight loss over a three-year period than the others.
Learn More: https://www.xcode.life/genes-and-nutrition/how-genes-influence-your-response-to-mediterranean-diet/
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Introduction (00:00)
What To Eat On The Mediterranean Diet (00:33)
Benefits of The Mediterranean Diet (01:20)
FTO Gene and Response to The Mediterranean Diet (01:53)
Genetic Test For Response to The Mediterranean Diet (02:22)
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