The New Mediterranean Diet Cookbook: The Optimal Keto-Friendly Diet that Burns Fat, Promotes Longevity, and Prevents Chronic Disease (Volume 16) (Keto for Your Life, 16) PDF
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THE NEW MEDITERRANEA JN DIET cooKBooK THE OPTIMAL KETO-FRIENDLY DIET THAT BURNS FAT, PROMOTES LONGEVITY, AND PREVENTS CHRONIC DISEASE oe F Martina Slajerova Thomas DeLauer Dr. Nicholas,Norwitz Rohan Kashid THE NEW MEDITERRANEAN DIET cooKBooK THE OPTIMAL KETO-FRIENDLY DIET THAT BURNS FAT, PROMOTES LONGEVITY, AND PREVENTS CHRONIC DISEASE ye Jerova * Thomas DeLauer s\Norwitz * Rohan Kashid 4 i we ( MEDITERRANEAN DIET cooksook THE OPTIMAL KETO-FRIENDLY DIET THAT BURNS FAT, PROMOTES LONGEVITY, AND PREVENTS CHRONIC DISEASE Martina Slajerova # Dr. Nicholas Norwitz Thomas DeLauer # Rohan Kashid A Le | ® Cy 8 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 + MEDITERRANEAN MEETS KETO 2 « BREAKFASTS 3 » SNACKS 4+ SALADS & SOUPS 5 «e LUNCHES 6 « DINNERS 7° SIDES 8 « DESSERTS 9+ BASICS FURTHER READING ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ABOTHE UAUTTHOR S INDEX SNe INTRODUCTION MF WHAT IS THE NEW MEDITERRANEAN DIET? Simply put, the New Mediterranean Diet is a forward-looking culinary method that blends cut- ting-edge science with delicious food to optimize health, wellness, and longevity. This book is based on two principles: First, that good food is the foundation of good health; and second, that science is a tool we can use in the kitchen to maximize nutrition in our meals. We, the authors of The New Mediterranean Diet Cookbook, are a team of chefs, scientists, and health care providers who collectively possess decades of experience— in the kitchen and in laboratories, hospitals, and other settings that focus on caring for people with chronic dis- eases. We hope that this book will guide you to build healthy meals at home and that it will transform your kitchen into the most important room in your house: a meeting point for sci- ence, nutrition, and great taste. Welcome to being a chef and a scientist! And, most importantly, bon appetit! Se CHAPTER 1 BAF MEDITERRANEAN MEETS KETO Science is all about developing models—or ways of understanding the world— that are tested, tweaked, and retested continuously as new evidence emerges. As a science-based cookbook, this book follows the same approach. In the spirit of science, let’s start at the very beginning. What is the starting model upon which The New Mediterranean Diet Cookbook is founded? Well, there are actually two foundations to our approach: Mediterranean diets and ketogenic diets, both of which have advantages. Mediterranean diets are associated with leanness, longevity, and lower rates of the age-related chronic diseases that plague modern society, in- cluding obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and Alzheimer’s. And an increasing body of evidence suggests that low-carb, high-fat ketogenic diets can also promote healthy body weight and fight these same chronic diseases. So why choose just one? You certainly don’t have to! Mediterranean diets and ketogenic diets are often cast as mutually exclusive, but they are actu- ally perfectly complementary styles of eating. While Mediterranean diets are all about food sources, ketogenic diets are all about balancing macronu- trients (that is, keeping a close eye on how much fat, carbs, and protein you consume). Think of it this way: Mediterranean diets are about what you eat, while ketogenic diets are about how much you eat. That means they can workin tandem (if you’re mathematically inclined, you could call them perpendicu- lar), and that you can get the best of both worlds by eating a Mediterranean- ketogenic diet. The concept of Mediterranean-keto is just the starting point for this book. Guided by the latest science, it can be further tweaked, optimized, and developed into something even better—what we call “the New Mediter- ranean Diet.” HEALTH SCIENCE YOU SHOULD KNOW Science is never static: its process depends upon change, revision, and rede- velopment. The same is true for the New Mediterranean Diet. That’s why it’s so important that you don’t just take us at our word in this book but attempt to learn (and hopefully get excited!) about nutrition science and your own personal health journey. To help you with that, recipes in this book come with fun facts! But before we get to the recipes, in the following four sections we'll give youa crash course on some of the science that underpins the recipes: - A nibble of evidence supporting the health claims of Mediterranean and ketogenic diets. - An explanation of some key vocabulary terms that appear through- out this book; understanding them will benefit your health and well- being. - A descriptive list of the New Mediterranean staple foods you'll rely on as you cook your way through this book, including seven high-fat superfoods! - A guide to understanding recipe nutrition. While you could skip any one of these sections— just as you could skip the soup, salad, or appetizer when you’re having a meal—we recommend you read on in order to fully appreciate your New Mediterranean experi- ence. WHAT’S THE EVIDENCE? In this book’s subtitle, we state that the New Mediterranean Diet “burns fats, promotes longevity, and prevents chronic disease.” Here’s some evidence for those claims: - Burns fat. In a landmark study, forty overweight people were split into two groups. Although both groups consumed the same number of calories, one group followed a ketogenic diet, while the other ate a low-fat diet. After three months, the keto diet group had, on aver- age, lost more than twice as much weight (24 pounds) as the low-fat group (11 pounds). And that’s not all! Although the keto group ate more than twice as much fat as the low-fat folks, the fat in their blood decreased by 150 percent more than the low-fat eaters! Why? Because their bodies were burning fat as energy! - Promotes longevity. The Mediterranean region is a Blue Zone, an area of the world in which people tend to live much longer than average. It’s generally assumed that this longevity is, in part, due to the extra-vir- gin olive oil, fish, and vegetable-rich diets enjoyed by Mediterranean people. While the assumption that a Mediterranean diet will enhance longevity is mostly based on human epidemiology (association) studies, studies conducted on mice have produced complementary results to support the notion that ketogenic diets enhance longevity and health. In a 2017 study published in the prestigious journal Cell Metabolism, researchers discovered that putting mice on a ketogenic diet increased their life spans by 13 percent! Plus, unlike mice feda standard, carb-rich diet, the “ketogenic mice” maintained both their physical fitness and cognitive function into old age. Nobody is yet sure what the results of combining Mediterranean and keto diets in humans will be, but judging from this and other research, eating this way will probably increase your chances of being around to find out! - Fights chronic disease. If current trends continue as projected, a staggering one-third of Americans will be type II diabetic by 2050. Until recently, diabetes was considered a progressive and irreversible condition. However, new science is challenging the status quo. A 2019 study compared the effects of a two-year ketogenic diet to the standard of care, which involved medications, check-ins with primary care physicians or endocrinologists, and nutritional rec- ommendations based on the American Diabetes Association from registered dieticians. Astonishingly, the ketogenic diet completely reversed type II diabetes in 54 percent of the 262 ketogenic patients who took part in the study. What’s more, 60 percent of the ketogenic diet patients were able to discontinue their use of insulin. By compar- ison, the overall condition of patients in the standard of care group worsened, and almost all had to increase their insulin doses. KEY VOCABULARY TERMS Science is filled with intimidating jargon, but most of it can be made much easier to digest (pun intended!) and much more fun to read. Take a look at this sentence, for example: “Pink-red salmon contain antioxidants and fats that are particularly good for brain health” rather than—brace yourself —“Salmon, particularly Oncorhynchus nerka, contain astaxanthin, an am- phipathic antioxidant capable of blood-brain barrier penetration and elec- tron dislocation resonance, which functions to diminish the oxidation of O. nerka’s 22:6 (n-3) docosahexaenoic acid fraction, yielding a high-integrity form of the brain’s main structural lipid substrate.” Are you asleep yet? Don’t worry, you won’t come across complicated lingo like that in this book! That said, there are a few key terms you'll want to know. Hopefully, these analogies help! Specifically, you should understand the concepts of (1) Oxidative Stress, (2) Inflammation, (3) Insulin, (4) Fatty Acids, and (5) LDL Cholesterol: (D Oxidative Stress: The bull in the china shop. Cells turn nutrients into energy that our bodies can use. As a result of this process, cells produce toxic by- products called “reactive oxygen species.” Think of them as bulls in the proverbial china shop, except here the china shop is the tiny cell. Reactive oxygen species bounce around and damage everything in their way, even your DNA! Oxidative Stress
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