The Mediterranean Diet offers some great ways for you guys of all ages to live longer, healthier lives – to eat well, look like you know your way around the kitchen (even if you’re bluffing), keep fit, and save some money for date nights. And since heart disease is the leading cause of death for American men, it’s critical to know which foods are heart healthy and find ways to include them in a daily meals.

Why the Med Diet is Just What Men Need

  • It will satisfy you and reduce cravings for between-meal snacks. The Mediterranean style of eating is built upon the foods that have nourished and sustained hard-working farmers, shipbuilders, masons, and laborers for hundreds of years. It includes plenty of protein and healthy fats in foods such as olive oil, seafood, eggs, and Greek yogurt, as well as fiber-rich whole grains, to keep you feeling pleasantly full for hours and also help lower cholesterol and keep arteries clear.
  • The Med Diet includes plenty of foods and the big flavors men generally love: pasta and rice, hearty bean soups and stews, and modest servings of lean red meat, with plenty of opportunity to add herbs and spices for extra zing.
  • Want to impress the lady in your life? Cook dinner for her. You’ll discover that Mediterranean foods lend themselves to plenty of easy and affordable preparations – salmon with grilled veggies, roast chicken with green beans, or pasta a gazillion ways.
  • Mother was right. Vegetables are good for you. Studies show that eating a diet rich in vegetables, along with fish, nuts, and legumes, protects against certain kinds of cancers, and may also help reduce periodontal diseases.
  • Have you started to notice that your waist is expanding, and those jeans aren’t as easy to put on? Following the Mediterranean Diet can slow down the weight gain normally observed with age. Including more plant-based foods and being mindful of a healthful unsaturated: saturated fat ratio can have positive effects on lower abdominal obesity and reduce the risk of developing coronary heart disease.
  • Get a boost in remembering those sports stats. Consuming Med Diet basics such as olive oil, whole grains, fish, and fruit protects aging brains from damage linked to cognitive problems and helps lower the risk of Alzheimer’s.
  • Eat well for love, too. Studies show that men who follow the Med Diet, which is high in fruit, vegetables, nuts, whole grains, and fish but low in red and processed meat and refined grains are less likely to suffer from erectile dysfunction.