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re: Good read on the so-called "Mediterranean Diet"
Posted on 8/4/17 at 12:47 pm to Oilfieldbiology
Posted on 8/4/17 at 12:47 pm to Oilfieldbiology
quote:Exercise is not the difference. It's very very hard to burn enough calories to be the difference between "gaining 10 lbs and losing weight". The likely difference was they were simply more sated per meal and not constantly snacking on high calorie carbs in between.
My parents went to Venice and all over Greece a short while back. They said the diet was high in fats and oils, a decent bit of protein, and light veggies. They said it was super rich food and that if they ate like that back home, they would have gained 10 lbs in a month.
However they lost weight because they had to walk everywhere and everything is up and down hills and stairs. That's the biggest difference. Exercise
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