Mediterranean diet

English Noun Any variant of a diet (food intake) traditionally typical of that eaten by people in the Mediterranean region (with olive oil, legumes, unrefined cereals, fruits and vegetables, etc. and limited meat other than fish); thought to increase life expectancy and protect against heart disease and cancer. Any variant of a diet (controlled regimen) based on that principle. en Dani Blum The Mediterranean Diet Really Is That Good for You. Here’s Why. The New York Times 2023-01-06 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/06/well/eat/mediterranean-diet-health.html 0362-4331 In one study, published in 2018, researchers assessed nearly 26,000 women and found that those who followed the Mediterranean diet most closely for up to 12 years had about a 25 percent reduced risk of developing cardiovascular disease. https://web.archive.org/web/20251104021209/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/06/well/eat/mediterranean-diet-health.html 4 November 2025 Usage notes The distinction of sense 1 (using the articles a or the) Mediterranean diet versus sense 2 of Mediterranean cuisine is sometimes strictly precisely made, although in broadly broad usage the collocation collocations are metonymic metonymically synonymous. Derived terms en green Mediterranean diet Translations diet Finnish: fi Välimeren ruokavalio French: fr régime méditerranéen Galician: gl dieta mediterránea f Italian: it dieta mediterranea f Spanish: es dieta mediterránea f