The Mediterranean diet is more loved than ever

The website Diet Weight-lose.com reveals the worldwide success of the Mediterranean diet, thanks to some exceptional ambassadors. From facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who chose to sample its flavours during his all-Italian honeymoon, to George Clooney, who is even planning to buy a house in southern Italy so he can enjoy it whenever he likes, and even Kate Middleton, who loves the white artichoke of Pertosa, while Robert De Niro is said to be always on the hunt for PDO mozzarella di bufala campana, and first lady Michelle Obama, a champion of good eating, has become an ambassador of the Mediterranean diet, which tennis player Roger Federer also follows to keep in shape.

In short, the Mediterranean diet is increasingly loved by international celebrities, both as a matter of taste and because it is considered the healthiest. The Mediterranean diet also turns out to be an excellent choice for losing weight.
Actress Penelope Cruz reportedly confirms that, with the arrival of summer, to stay in splendid shape and show off a bikini-worthy figure she follows the Mediterranean diet, eating pasta daily, oily fish, PDO mozzarella di bufala campana, white artichoke from southern Italy and olive oil, along with other typical products of Campania. Rounding off the actress's diet is paella, a typical dish of her homeland.

But it was certainly Kate Middleton who became one of the champions of this healthy return to good eating habits: in fact, after following the Dukan diet for a certain period, she reportedly chose to eat exclusively Mediterranean products from the Cilento and Vallo di Diano Park, the largest protected area in Italy, recognised by Unesco as the homeland of the Mediterranean diet, such as the white artichoke of Pertosa.

Several newspapers around the world (the New York Times and Die Welt above all) celebrate the Mediterranean diet as "the best way to live well and longer" and also as the ideal way "to lose weight without giving up flavour".

These benefits, although long known, now have genuine scientific confirmation, as demonstrated by a recent study by the Universities of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Navarra (Spain), published in the latest issue of the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition.