The Mediterranean diet has claimed another victim

Bree's opened a new dietary world by getting on the Mediterranean diet... she's started... but not really. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
You tapped it. So we're playing at Citi m Spree
and Clint's the podcast.

Speaker 2 (00:06):
I read this article on The Herald today which directly
related to me because I'm currently trialing a more Mediterranean diet.

Speaker 1 (00:16):
Are you just.

Speaker 2 (00:18):
Yes?

Speaker 1 (00:19):
Are you eating from the Blue zones? Yes, whatever that means,
but yes, you.

Speaker 3 (00:24):
Know the Blue zones Blue zones. Did you watch the
Blue Zones thing on Netflix?

Speaker 2 (00:28):
No?

Speaker 1 (00:28):
Oh girl, if you're going Mediterranean, you've got to watch
the Blue Zones. Okay.

Speaker 3 (00:31):
It's these areas in the world where the scientists have
figured out that people live the longest, they have abnormal
life spared at the blue zones up to one hundred
Do they live in the Blue zones? And then they
analyzed the diets and lifestyles of the people in the
blue zones.

Speaker 1 (00:45):
In one of the main takeaways Mediterranean diet, I.

Speaker 2 (00:48):
Knew it becoming very popular, like trendy. I mean it's
always it's always been popular, but it's becoming that quite trendy.
And if you don't know what a Mediterranean diety, it's
minimally processed foods that are plant forward or plant based,
a lot.

Speaker 1 (01:06):
Of fish, a lot of seafood, a lot of olives.

Speaker 2 (01:09):
Olives, A lot of olive oil, that type of vibe.
I thought I could read you. The article talks about
some of the health benefits that they've seen in studies
that they've.

Speaker 1 (01:20):
Done over many, many years. You are doing this, I'm.

Speaker 2 (01:22):
Currently doing it. Yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:24):
It says that they found.

Speaker 2 (01:27):
That people who have eaten a Mediterranean diet have better
cardiovascular health, lower rates of cancer and type two diabetes,
and lower risk of dying early. They also found that
people in Mediterranean diet groups had thirty percent fewer heart
attacks and strokes, and it's also associated with a lower

(01:49):
likelihood of developing cognitive impairment, dementia, and Alzheimer's.

Speaker 3 (01:55):
Plus, you get to say to people when they say
you're looking great. You get to say things like thanks,
I'm on the Mediterranean diet. Or when you're at a barbecue,
you can say to people, no sausages for me, Thanks,
I'm on the Mediterranean diet.

Speaker 1 (02:08):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (02:08):
So it's not a lot of red meat, No, it's
quite minimal.

Speaker 1 (02:11):
Read you don't have to bring your own can of tuna.
Yeah to the barbecue?

Speaker 3 (02:16):
Could you barbecue that? Who knows? What did you have
for lunch today? As part of the Mediterranean diet.

Speaker 2 (02:22):
I wasn't organized today, but I had I had a.

Speaker 1 (02:26):
Chicken wrap, okay, wasn't organized. What did you have for
breakfast this morning? As part of the Mediterranean diet? I
crep okay, which isn't part.

Speaker 3 (02:37):
Of What are you having for dinner tonight, bree as
part of the Mediterranean diet?

Speaker 2 (02:43):
A whole fish, whole Brenzino.

Speaker 1 (02:48):
This is what I'm having.

Speaker 2 (02:50):
And olives, yep olives and a side of olive oil.

Speaker 1 (02:58):
She's gonna live forever. No, won't call my partner in
double check.

Speaker 2 (03:04):
That's definitely what I'm having.

Speaker 1 (03:06):
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