Mediterranean Diet Pyramid
This is a one-page printable to help guide your food choices. The Mediterranean Diet Food Pyramid is a visual tool used to describe the foods on the Mediterranean diet.
What Is The Food Pyramid In The Mediterranean Diet?
The Oldways Mediterranean diet food pyramid is a visual representation of the food groups that are encouraged and limited on the Mediterranean diet. The Mediterranean Diet Food Pyramid was developed in 1993 by Oldways, in partnership with the Harvard School of Public Health and the World Health Organization. Oldways is a nonprofit that highlights cultural food traditions.
As you will notice in the pyramid below, the Mediterranean diet is unique because it incorporates healthy lifestyle components such as physical activity and social meals with friends and family. The other sections of the pyramid describe how much of the other food groups are encouraged and limited on the Mediterranean diet relative to one another.
There are no specific quantity recommendations because diet is highly individualized to each person. Instead, the Mediterranean diet gives you a relative comparison of which food groups are consumed in greater quantities and frequencies according to their nutrient profiles.
We recommend printing out the Mediterranean diet food pyramid to have as a reference in your kitchen when building meals.
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