The Mediterranean diet, which has been shown by hundreds of peer reviewed scientific journal articles to be one of the healthiest diets on earth for preventing chronic disease including heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes and obesity. The Mediterranean diet is rich in plant-based foods such as grains like pasta and bread, vegetables, fruits, legumes, nuts, seeds, olive oil as well small portions of fish, seafood, lean meat, cheese and wine. Can you set the record straight on pasta, which is sometimes mistakenly cut back on due to recent fad diets? Pasta is often mistaken as one of those foods that http://www.healthstandnutrition.com/mediterranean-diet/