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I find Dr. Esselstyn's observations compelling - that the Mediterranean diet is really only a good diet because it is being compared to so many poor diets. In h
by MrTonyD 8y ago
I find Dr. Esselstyn's observations compelling - that the Mediterranean diet is really only a good diet because it is being compared to so many poor diets. In his analysis of many countries, it is oils in the diet which correspond to the cancers and heart disease which kill so many. Like so many other diets, I think we will look back at the Mediterranean diet and wonder how we could have been so foolish.
- franciscop 8y agoWhile other countries are adding the mediterranean diet more and more into their cultures, here around the mediterranean sea we are also improving and refining it with research! I just read from Italians the same thing that I've been hearing in Spain for few years: do not burn your food, specially oil, since it's related to cancer.
- WillPostForFood 8y agoEsselstyn might be right but he is just making a best guess. His science is terrible, one uncontrolled study of 18 patients.
- MrTonyD 8y agoBut he did that study based on the data from many other countries. You are just addressing the small scale test he tried.
- int_19h 8y agoThe nice thing about the Mediterranean diet is that it's fairly easy to stick to and still have many delicious meals, compared to many others. It's no good having some perfect diet that nobody is actually going to follow.
- gonvaled 8y agoI guess you are right, the Mediterranean diet is terrible: all people following it are dying. It still seems to be one of the best available though. I hope you are right and medicine becomes more of an exact science.