Dietary data from those parts of the Mediterranean region that
in the recent past enjoyed the lowest recorded rates of chronic diseases and the
highest adult life expectancy show a pattern like the one illustrated in the
list below. The healthfulness of this pattern is corroborated by epidemiological
and experimental nutrition research. The average amounts given are in most cases
intentionally nonspecific, since variation is known to have been considerable
within this pattern.
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