![]() ![]() These items are just too expensive, and they don't taste as good. These areas, once renowned for their health, have soaring rates of obesity in part due to a current lack of whole grains, fresh fruits, and vegetables from their diets. Processed food is more readily available and cheaper. Unfortunately, Pioppi and many surrounding areas that originally consumed a peasant fare can no longer afford to do so. The diet was popularized in America due to its population's low incidence of disease and long lifespan. ![]() In Ancel Keys' Seven Countries study (Italy was one of the countries), this diet was associated with lower death rates from heart disease. Pioppi, a small town in Italy, is the home of the Mediterranean diet. ![]()
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