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- The popular Mediterranean diet is heavy on fresh fruits and veggies, whole grains, olive oil, and herbs and spices.
- It’s linked to many health benefits such as decreased risk of heart disease and reduced blood pressure, and is more flexible compared to other diets.
- Blue Apron is now offering special Mediterranean diet recipes that make it convenient to follow this diet and enjoy its benefits without sacrificing taste and variety.
- I tried a couple of these Mediterranean diet meals and was surprised to discover that it didn’t feel like I was following a diet at all.
2018 is shaping up to be the year of the Mediterranean diet. Google search interest in this diet spiked a few days into January, around the same time that US News & World Report gave it the #1 spot (tied with the DASH diet) in its Best Diets Overall rankings. See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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