The Mediterranean diet: red meat, cheese, milk, and more red meat!

Don't even get me started on what a massive scam this whole thing is.

As far as I can tell, the Mediterranean Diet (TM) was originally created in America during the low fat craze of the 80s and then spread to the Mediterranean region-- a curious example of  cultural imperialism. 

It's either that, or it's just an excuse to charge people upwards of $35 for extra premium cold pressed artisanal olive oil, most of which is fake and should never be used for cooking.

Apparently they believe that if you pay that much for some olive oil, you will magically be endowed with longevity and your meals will be blessed with European sophistication and prestige. 

Instead, you'll be rewarded with poor health (from consuming canola oil, or whatever junk they put in there) and you'll be endowing your meals with a little bit of old school Sicilian fraud. Not the region you had in mind when they said Mediterranean, but sometimes it's good to check the label.

Full disclosure, my mother is Spanish, and I've been there. And not just on vacation in tourist areas, I've stayed for months and had the local chow. Well, nobody there eats the Mediterranean diet, I reiterate, nobody!

Even people close to the coast, like in Galicia, consume copious amounts of red meat and dairy, all ingredients which are absent from the ideal Mediterranean Diet (TM) of olive oil, plus a few vegetables, and a tiny tiny tiny tiny piece of fish, preferably lean (I guess b/c after you spend all your budget on olive oil, you can't afford anything else?).

Here is an example of what Spanish people really eat. You can find them ('carnicerias') in every city. 

If you don't believe me, go there and see:

Pork and especially cured pork-- a Spanish delicacy-- is huge in every part of Spain. They don't eat in small quantities either, it's the main ingredient in a lot of ways. It's also quite cheap and affordable, as well as high quality, unlike the expensive garbage the people in charge of America feed their people.

Cheese is also huge, though not in the pic. Everyone has heard of Manchego cheese, though for some reason nobody includes it in the Mediterranean diet.

Not to mention a glass of milk for breakfast and a glass of milk for dinner, everyday. Spaniards love milk.

Those high rates of consumption of red meat and dairy are the primary reason why Spaniards look and feel better than Americans (not to mention the fact that they live longer). All the nutrition you need is found in those two foods, whereas every other so-called 'diet' requires extensive supplementation precisely because vegetables are simply not that nutritious. 

Having said that, don't count on that to last indefinitely into the future: greedy corporations, the WEF / NATO, and Spanish elites have other plans, so consumption of all those foods is going down, especially among the younger generations. As Spanish people start to eat a 'healthier' diet, more in line with the experts' plans-- and as their economy is strip mined-- they will gradually become more obese and prone to heart disease and diabetes, just like their counterparts in America: drugs in, red meat out. Wonderful!

Anyways, if you insist on eating the Mediterranean Diet, make it sure it includes the staples: red meat, cheese, milk, and more red meat!