>Important to note that list doesn't include Pasta and Pizza Which list? Pasta is an essential item of Mediterranean Diet and Pizza or bread are the same thin

>Important to note that list doesn't include Pasta and Pizza Which list? Pasta is an essential item of Mediterranean Diet and Pizza or bread are the same thing, the discussion is more about making them with "whole grain" or "white, refined" flour. Today common flours tend to be much more refined than traditional ones, so "real world" Mediterranean Diet (i.e. what actually people eat daily in Mediterranean countries following the tradition) misses some ingredients of the "whole grain" flours, and the use sparingly warning in the "Harvard Food pyramid": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Harvard_food_pyramid.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Harvard_food_pyramid.png is only for those items made of "white" flour.