A Mediterranean dietary score (MedScore), based on the 11 components of the Mediterranean pyramid, was established to evaluate the adherence to the Mediterranean food pattern.

Here’s the Mediterranean food pyramid, from base to top: Fruits, vegetables, grains (mostly whole), olive oil, beans, nuts, legumes & seeds, herbs & spices: Consume these at every meal.

The Mediterranean food pyramid offers a great way to understand how to think about your food instead of giving you rigid instructions. The pyramid is organized by how often you should include a ...

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The next step of the pyramid includes basing every meal on mostly whole forms of fruits, vegetables and grains, plus olive oil, beans, nuts, legumes and seeds, and herbs and spices.

Sure, diet trends come and go.

Taking into account this data and the Mediterranean Diet Pyramid, we would suggest that the Irish Food Pyramid should be edited as soon as possible to convey the correct dietary message to the public.