Mediterranean Diet

Question 1

What does a Mediterranean diet incorporate?

Answer 1

The traditional healthy eating habits of people from countries bordering the Mediterranean sea

Question 2

What does the Mediterranean diet reduce?

Answer 2

The risk of heart disease

Question 3

What does oily fish contain?

Answer 3

A special type of unsaturated fat (omega 3) which reduces chances of a blood clot forming in an artery

Question 4

Fruit and veg are low in…?

Answer 4

Calories

Question 5

Which antioxidant vitamins do fruit and veg contain?

Answer 5

A, C, E, which reduces the risk of CVD.

Question 6

What are whole grain foods rich in?

Answer 6

Fibre, which keeps us full and reduced the strain out on the heart when pumping blood

Question 7

What does olive oil provide?

Answer 7

Monounsaturated at which is thought to reduce the risk of CVD

Question 8

Examples of what is in the Mediterranean diet?

Answer 8

More fruit and veg, whole grain breads and cereals, mutes and pulses, seeds and fish, less saturated fat from from red meat and dairy foods, moderate alcohol consumption, high levels of sunshine, more oily fish