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Mediterranean diet or typical american diet?
ÁFRICA ROCA ESPÍ
March 2020
Mediterranean diet
Mediterranean diet
This diet represents much more than a simple nutritional guide. It's a balanced lifestyle that includes recipes, cooking methods and typical products.
Typical products
Typical products
- Fruits
- Vegetables
- Olive oil
- Bread
- Pasta
- Rice
- Cereals
- Herbs
- Spices
- Onions
- Flavours
- White meat
- Fish/ seafood
- Eggs
- Legumes
- Potatoes
- Red meat
- Processed meat
Typical ways of cooking
The typical ways of cooking in the Mediterranean diet are:
- Boil
- Bake
- Grill
- Roast
Ways of cooking
American diet
American typical diet
This diet is very high in fat, salt and high protein products and hydrates.
It's poor in vegetables,
vitamins, minerals and fruits.
Typical meals
Typical meals
Some of the typical meals that eat in the United States are:
- Pepperoni pizza
- Hot dog
- Hamburger
- Macaroni and cheese
- Peanut butter and jelly sandwich
- Buffalo wings
- Barbecue ribs
- Coleslaw
- Tex-Mex
- Chocolate-chip cookies
- Brownies
Mediterranean VS American
Mediterranean VS American diet
The differences of the two diets are obvious.
Here are some of them.
Difference 1
Difference 1
Mediterranean diet:
One meal of the Mediterranean diet has 1500-1800 calories.
American diet:
One meal of the American diet has 3000- 4000 calories.
This is a consequence of the amount of food that each dish has in the different diets.
Difference 2
Mediterranean diet:
The most consumed food group are vegetables.
American diet:
The most consumed food group are dairy products.
Conclusions
Conclusions
As a consequence of the type of food eaten in each diet:
- The american diet is more expensive than Mediterranean because the quantities of products are bigger.
- The Mediterranean diet is more sustainable.
- The types of products in the American diet create health problems.