The Mediterranean diet is considered exemplary; even UNESCO recognizes its importance, but is it really healthy? Nutritionists taught people how to eat right, and taught corporations how to make money

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The Mediterranean diet is considered exemplary; even UNESCO recognizes its importance, but is it really healthy? Nutritionists taught people how to eat right, and taught corporations how to make money

In 2010, UNESCO included the Mediterranean diet in the list of intangible cultural heritage. Surely you have also heard about its benefits more than once. But the paradox is that many popularizers of the diet have long since abandoned its original principles. The vague definition of the Mediterranean diet can now fall under the vague definition of the Mediterranean diet, even if their health benefits are questionable. Medusa retells Politico's s…