Mediterranean Diet LUNCH: top 3 foods to eat and why

💡Wondering what a healthy and nutritious lunch should look like on the #mediterraneandiet ? Then you're in the right place!!

⚡️ I've got you covered ⚡️

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I'll be sharing with you my ✨TOP 3 FOODS✨ to include in your Med Diet lunch.

In this video, I'll also be breaking down for you some of the physiology and health of digestion, so that you have a better understanding of WHY I suggest these foods.

By the end, you'll know EXACTLY what to do to create a perfect and balanced lunch following this famous approach to food, so that you can eat well and feel great 💫

🥗 Whether you're brand new or a seasoned veteran of this eating pattern, you'll get to learn a bit more about where it comes from, why it is so important, and most importantly, how to get going. 👟

I'll be breaking down for you some important concepts:
✅ What is the Mediterranean Diet?
✅ Why should you eat this way?
✅ Key things to know about digestion
✅ Nutrition behind the 3 core components to a healthy meal
✅ My TOP 3 LUNCH FOODS to eat in your morning
✅ Nutrition tips and tricks
✅ Med Diet guidance to your success

+ Some simple ways to get started:
1. Adapt your lunch for the season of the year ☀️❄️
2. Prepare you lunch for fast grab-and-go days 👟
3. Suggestions tailored to YOUR needs and preferences 💥

You'll be walking away from this video charged up and READY to start eating this extremely beneficial diet each day, so that you can get ahead of your health and thrive.

Check out my fav kitchen tools for applying Mediterranean Diet cooking:
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:30 The 3 core components to a healthy lunch
2:00 Top Foods for a healthy Med Diet lunch
2:30 PRACTICAL GUIDE: what to eat - top foods
2:39 Food #1
3:39 Food #2
4:57 Food #3
5:47 Dressings
6:47 Pro Tip
7:45 BONUS: what I actually eat for lunch
9:24 QUESTION

Don't forget to COMMENT BELOW what you typically eat for lunch - share with us! 👇🏼

About Me:
I'm Anna Pleet, MD, and I love teaching people about healthy eating, especially foods from the Mediterranean area. My way of teaching is simple and easy to understand. I want to help you and your family eat in a way that's both delicious and nutritious.

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[txdave]

My typical lunch is a cheeseburger and fries or some fried chicken. After watching some of your videos, today's lunch was some steamed rice, a piece of fish pan seared in olive oil and a small green salad. I had some apple slices for dessert. Not perfect...but not too bad for my first Mediterranean diet meal. This is a new way of eating, for me.

[MichaelRowe-pm]

Great video! I like to make a quinoa bowl with spinach, cherry tomatoes, sweetcorn, black beans, avocado with feta sprinkled on top! I like to add some extra virgin olive oil and lemon juice too

[michelephelps]

I’m just starting a Mediterranean way of eating. My husband and I are retired so our main meal is at noon. I don’t typically eat breakfast.

I’m really enjoying experimenting with new herbs, spices, grains, fruits and veggies. Every day is different. 😊
Today my noon meal was some leftover pot barley that I had cooked in veg broth, a little potato and green beans with EVOO, Tuna, onion, dill pickle.
Dessert was a cup of blueberries with some whole milk plain greek yogurt.

My evening meal was a mixture of spinach, broccoli, cauliflower, the last little bit of barley, topped with a concoction of garbanzo beans cooked with nutritional yeast.

[miragec]

I'm doing the Mediterranean diet and I love it....for lunch I usually have a Tuna Salad or sandwich with whole grain bread

[carina]

For lunch today, I had two slices of sourdough bread topped with ricotta cheese, sliced tomato and sliced avocado. I am new to this diet because I have CRPS and my pain doctor recommended it for its anti-inflammatory benefit. Thank you for your videos, they are guiding me on this journey to less pain and better overall health. Cheers!

[eztdeuz]

I love grain bowls for lunch! Most of the time I use brown rice, but also like quinoa.

[coolpix]

Thank you for the video. I am new to the Mediterranean diet but was already eating in a way close to the med diet. I am making adjustments such as dropping the everyday fast food lunches. I have NF2 and have already gone through chemo and radiation so I am really looking forward to a healthier me!

[salomepretorius]

Lunch is usually leftovers from last nights dinner or a whole-wheat sandwich with tuna/chicken. In colder weather I love to have a bowl of vegetables or lentil soup

[TheGbortnick]

So glad I found you! I mill and bake my whole wheat bread . I’m worried about eating too much bread and other things. Do you have any guides for portion sizes? This really sounds great!

[geoffstairmand]

My go-to lunch is sliced tomatoes, at least 15ml of olive oil with salt and freshly ground black pepper, and one or two slices of homemade wholewheat bread. This idea was given to me by a relative of Greek Cypriot origins. I sometimes finish with a small bowl of Kefir/natural yoghurt (good for my gut micro biota) with a seeds and nuts granola (no sugar or honey).

[shirleyevans]

For lunch I have a large bowl of vegetable soup with a wrap filled with houmous, chilli sauce and salad. Very satisfying and filling. I love your videos looking forward to seeing more.

[elizabethm.]

Thank you so much! Keep it simple!!! Have eaten Keto. I did not like all the meat; I craved fruit. Anxious to experiment with the New Mediterranean Diet. Thank

[denisenagelschmidt]

Thanks for sharing all this info! You have definitely helped me move forward with the Mediterranean way of eating! I've been working towards eating this way for a while and watching your videos helps reinforce making the appropriate changes. A big change for me has been adding nuts and seeds - I've just upped my avocado toast with the addition of pumpkin seeds and sliced almonds - added to the goat cheese and radish that I usually have on it - they really made the taste much more satisfying.

[KO-lwlo]

Do you have a video on dressings? I’m getting back to salad season and my dressings start getting boring.

[Chelle-kdpo]

I do not like fish/seafood & most raw vegetables. Thank you for discussing alternatives. I'm interested in trying tofu & will watch the video.

[ruthlopez]

Dr Ana this is my first time watching your videos, since I’m about to embark in the mediterranean diet. I have liver cihrrosis stage Child A and need to pay attention to lose weight and change my nutrition habits. So far I have watched 4 videos q d I thank you fir being so detailed and specific about the diet. You are amazing and I’m already loving you! Ig you can give me tips on how to live a healthy, longer life I’d really appreciate it

[ericoshea]

Your videos are super informative! Thanks!

[AdamJStoryDC]

This is great information. Silly question: I say the exact same thing on my channel and get nothing but hate because the keto/carnivore community that only eats once per day (OMAD) attacks me in the comments…. How come they don’t seem to be in your comment section questioning every statement? Do you delete the comments or have they given up over time? Seriously, if I say “eat some nuts” they go ape-crazy with the “lectins will kill you” and “oxalates cause kidney stone” stories. If I mention a vegetable, the carnivores say “plants can’t run away from you so they have anti-nutrients.” Just curious how you deal with it

[vj]

Hi, I’m a new sub. Thanks for sharing 😊

[summerluvbug]

Thank you, my doctor recommended the med diet for healthy heart