“You can’t lose when you get your eating plan from a trained chef who also happens to be an incredible physician and nutrition expert! Dr. Steven Masley’s Mediterranean Method uses smart science and mouthwatering recipes to create a healthy weight-loss protocol that you can actually stick to long-term. Bonus: you’re protecting your brain and heart health in the process.”
—JJ Virgin, New York Times bestselling author of The Virgin Diet and The Sugar Impact Diet
“If you want to protect your heart, brain, and gut health all while losing weight, this is the book for you. The program detailed in this innovative book is easy to follow, and—most important—deliciously satisfying.”
—Daniel G. Amen, MD, founder of Amen Clinics and author of Change Your Brain, Change Your Life
“Leveraging the very best in nutritional science . . . Dr. Masley has truly created the Mediterranean diet ‘2.0’ and skillfully guides the reader through its implementation.”
—David Perlmutter, MD, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Grain Brain and Brain Wash
“Combines traditional Mediterranean wisdom with the very latest in nutritional science to create a way of eating that’s fresh, delicious, slimming, and incredibly good for you. This is a plan you can follow—and love—for life.”
—Dr. Kellyann Petrucci, New York Times bestselling author of Dr. Kellyann’s Bone Broth Diet
“Dr. Masley provides the best explanation and application yet of this famous dietary and lifestyle approach. . . . I recommend it with enthusiasm.”
—Dale E. Bredesen, MD, founding president and professor emeritus of Buck Institute for Research on Aging and author of The End of Alzheimer’s
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A Whole-Foods Diet for the Whole Planet
When you think of the “Mediterranean diet,” what comes to mind? In my experience, people seem to dwell on a handful of notions. It’s olive oil and red wine . . . lots of garlic and tomatoes . . . seafood . . . pasta? . . . It’s vaguely Italian, French, Greek, or Spanish. . . . None of those ideas are wrong, nor are they completely accurate—because they don’t tell the whole story of this ancient way of eating, nor do they reveal the full, flavorful bounty of this diet, one that is as healthy as it is delicious. For thousands of years, people along the Mediterranean coastline have shared many of the same dietary staples—especially olives and olive oil, fish and seafood, a lush bounty of fresh vegetables in every color of the rainbow, juicy ripe fruits (including grapes for eating and wine-making), nuts, beans, legumes, and whole grains.