It does more or less come down to the advice to eat real food, not too much, and mostly vegetables.

I do think the real food part is crucial. It is so very easy to get caught in the trap of "convenience" foods, or fast food restaurants, and totally lose track of the fact that it really is not very hard to cook real food. I'm certainly not totally perfect on this, but I do find that I very much enjoy real food that I cook for myself.

"genetically young" could be an insult.

The problem is, foods grown in chemically drenched soil have little nutrients.
So the Med. diet will only be as effective as the quality of soil plants are grown in.

"Nutrition" needs to address the QUALITY of food as much as it address WHICH foods are good for us.

tend to be mostly cellulose/hemicellulose and water. They've been shown to be deficient in minerals, for example. Forcing high yields, fast, leaves the soil so depleted that fertilizer becomes absolutely essential -- but fertilizer only contains the *most* essential nutrients for the plants, not for those who eat the crops.

If you're shopping for apples or tomatoes, buy the smaller varieties. I usually buy mine by the bag -- the larger ones are sold separately, by weight, but the smaller ones in the bags have more flavor. They haven't been bred to impress with looks alone.

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