not for losing weight. I'm just interested in the healthy way opf eating. Any book, or magazine suggessions? Linda

Try Eat Well, Stay Well, by Ancel Keys and Mediterranean Light by Martha Rose Shulman. We did a Special Report on the Mediterranean Diet in our June/July 05 issue -- I'll see about getting it online.

Thanks, that's a great starting point for me, Linda

This is an old article but I keep reading about how beneficial the Med Diet is for health:

http://www.newstarget.com/z000483.html

NewsTarget.com printable article
Originally published November 9 2003
Mediterranean diet heals; everyday American groceries kill
As this research shows, dietary changes alone can dramatically alter the health of humans. People who eat olive oil are generally healthier than those who don't. And diets rich in fruits and vegetables -- and low in meat consumption -- are healthier still. The evidence keeps piling up: diet is the cure to heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and a long list of other diseases of affluence. That's because it's our groceries that cause these diseases in the first place. Unhealthy groceries -- containing refined sugars, hydrogenated oils, chemical additives and color fixing chemicals like sodium nitrite -- lead directly to the top ten diseases in America. A Mediterranean diet reverses nearly all those diseases, before they result in what I call "extremist medicine" -- drugs and surgery. Olive oil is remarkably healthful for the heart and cardiovascular system. Flax oil is also a dietary oil with remarkable healing properties. The Mediterranean diet, in fact, is loaded with omega-3 oils. Interested in having a healthy heart? Avoid any food containing partially hydrogenated oil. But prepare yourself to be shocked: virtually every cracker, cookie and pastry is made with this harmful ingredient.