{"id":220837,"date":"2022-03-09T12:21:32","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T12:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/news\/should-you-try-the-green-mediterranean-diet-if-you-want-to-drop-some-pounds-yes"},"modified":"2022-03-09T12:21:32","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T12:21:32","slug":"should-you-try-the-green-mediterranean-diet-if-you-want-to-drop-some-pounds-yes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/news\/should-you-try-the-green-mediterranean-diet-if-you-want-to-drop-some-pounds-yes","title":{"rendered":"Should You Try the Green Mediterranean Diet? If You Want to Drop Some Pounds, Yes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jodie Morgan\/UnsplashJust when you thought you were getting the hang of the Mediterranean diet (olive oil, nuts, fish&#8230;), scientists flip the script. New research in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology &amp; Metabolism found that people following the so-called green Mediterranean diet had a twofold increase in fasting ghrelin levels&#8212;the hormone that controls hunger and influences weight loss, says lead author Gal Tsaban, M.D.So what&#8217;s the difference between the two?&#8220;The green Mediterranean diet included the replacement of meat-based protein with mankai, a plant-based protein that&#8217;s also high in fiber, and increases the dose of dietary polyphenols,&#8221; compounds in green tea known to be rich in antioxidants that play a role in boosting insulin sensitivity, Dr. Tsaban says.Beyond that, the two eating plans are very similar, with a focus on fresh produce, healthy fats, and complex carbs.Green Mediterranean diet benefitsWhile the exact mechanisms by which ghrelin influences insulin production and fat loss are still being investigated, it&#8217;s clear most people looking to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just when you thought you were getting the hang of the Mediterranean diet (olive oil, nuts, fish&#8230;), scientists flip the script. New research in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology &amp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[240,191,59,6,168,242],"class_list":["post-220837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-diets","tag-fitness","tag-health","tag-lifestyle","tag-nutrition","tag-weight-loss"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220837\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}