Mediterranean diet

Isn't Mediterranean diet more like fruits and vegetables, olive oil, legumes, nuts, seeds, whole grain, some fish, maybe some chicken,…

Couscous and angel hair pasta are un-whole grain – bad, bad, bad,…

But maybe when you're backpacking it's okay

There are lots of dehydrated legume dishes that would be better. Dehydrated fruit. Granola like stuff…

You can get whole wheat couscous and other pasta (couscous is a form of pasta). They cook in about the same time as the empty calorie, flavorless white variety. Health food stores are your best bet.

Because couscous is almost instant while even angel hair takes quite a while to cook (and is very "al dente" if done freezer-bag cooking style, as well as being apt to poke holes in the bag), I use whole wheat couscous for all pasta dishes.

The Mediterranean diet also includes a glass of red wine daily. Not exactly dehydratable.

"The Mediterranean diet also includes a glass of red wine daily. Not exactly dehydratable."

Is it the grape skins or the alcohol? You could eat some raisins and a cocktail with some high percentage alcohol

Take one of the shelf-stable Tetra Paks of wine…lol! OK, I despise wine for drinking :-D I eat my tasty home-dried wine grapes (raisins). So good!

Anyhow, yes, there are plenty of whole wheat options. Top with raw nuts, EVOO, lots of fried veggies and so on.

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del

Lots of fruits and vegetables are common between Medeterranean and Okinawa diet.

According to wikipedia, Okinawans eat more Sweet Potato instead of rice.

O and M both eat relatively small amounts of meat, sugar

O and M both eat some fish

O and M eat no processed c**p like we are marketed so heavily and eat here. No high fructose corn syrup.

del

The Mediterranean diet is healthier than current American diets because of the higher consistency of fruits and vegetables. Olive oil is lauded as a key component and as "heart healthy." But in all honesty, it could only be considered "heart healthy" compared to other fats. As a monounsaturated fat, it is healthier than saturated and trans fats, that much is true. But as a fat, it isn't something you want to ingest in great quantity as it isn't good for your heart.

Dirk