A True Mediterranean Diet: The Time-Tested Wisdom of Hippocrates & Galen

[@judoman9006]

Just finished my workout and I’m now sitting out in a field under the sun getting ready to watch this video. Life is good. Thank you for your hard work, I watch your videos all the time 👍🏽

[@serpentofares5635]

You're living a good life. I aim to be there some day 🙂

[@alexandrosskoufos8729]

I am seriously looking forward to an ancient greek athlete mealplan

[@retribution999]

Excellent video! Wheat and other grains seem to be increasingly indicated as a cause of inflammation. I bake bread from spelt with 30% organic white flour to lighten it and also because spelt flour is very expensive. I find simpler natural foods to be far less addictive and eating them ends cravings

[@AMOPankration]

If you'd like to see what a daily plan of this would look like, check out my Patreon where I offer one paired with a four-day Tetras workout program. You'll find an ongoing monthly option, as well as a single-purchase alternative with no subscription necessary.

[@dominic9225]

Awesome thank you! Happy birthday, really appreciate these videos!

[@Stefanino1607]

Happy birthday man, this channel is an absolute goldmine!

[@connorperrett9559]

I found these "ancient Greek" style organic breakfast bars from Cyprus at the store recently with red figure images of Greek heroes on them that purported to use ancient Mediterranean grains and ingredients and was excited to try them out, but upon looking at the label I found that they use palm oil instead of olive oil!

[@DeadBoyHK1]

I might try to follow this diet. I don’t think it will be exact, but I’m going to try to go as close as I can. Let’s see what happens.

[@adventuresjourney7243]

Happy Birthday!!!! 🎉🥳 Hope your day was fantastic!!! This vid is amazing!!! Didn’t realise I ate a similar diet… though lacking the seafood..

[@jeanguillaume4589]

This was an excellent and informative presentation kind sir

[@christinaalbrecht8346]

Excellent video! So much interesting information!

[@ej2187]

Could you maybe make a video later in the future on what foods to avoid and what foods to eat when trying to cut refined sugar out of one's diet

[@connorperrett9559]

Look at the labels of most foods. Generally if something has over 5 grams of added sugars it shouldn't be consumed except as a rare treat...and if something has over 0 grams of high fructose corn syrup it should be avoided, as well!

[@ej2187]

@@connorperrett9559 Thanks

[@orizonproject2078]

Great video again!!!!

[@jonathanlove7078]

I enjoy your videos, very much so. Thank you

[@hereBDBD]

this is very good and to the point thank you.

[@davee430]

another great video thankyou

[@tremainehughes9342]

Man I've missed you

[@Adobe-acrobat]

This guy is great 😊

[@roningehring406]

Wonderfully underrated video. All these diet fads are people rehashing old ideas and making them sound new. The real solution is to just eat as close to your ancestors did. And maybe add on things they would have eaten given the chance

[@connorperrett9559]

Very true. I think Northern Europeans should consume butter since it was a big part of their historical diet...but modern processed grain, refined sugar, and seed oils were not a part of anyone on Earth's historical diet since they're all from the past couple centuries at the earliest!

[@thodorisevangelakos]

Saying "here's some foods that didnt exist in ancient greece but arent harmful when consumed in moderation" is a bit ironic since this goes for every food

[@bishopc8465]

Love it

[@navajod6396]

You also have to think that meat was also healthyier in those times than it is today and that goes for everything we consume!!!

[@connorperrett9559]

Yes, most of our modern food supply is immensely tainted with pesticides, hormones, and plastics, even otherwise perfectly healthy foods. You have to really go the extra mile and pay extra for glass and paper packaging, pesticide free vegetables and fruits, and free range/pastured and artificial hormone free meat, egg, and dairy products. Fish is often immensely tainted with heavy metals and plastics, especially fish like tuna that is an absolute heavy hitter nutritionally. It is a very sad state of affairs.

[@navajod6396]

Einkorn is really good and as well as kamut which probably wasn't around there

[@youknowme1475]

answer: Olive Oil

[@christopherpittman8054]

Red meat is the absolute best food for the human body

[@Atlas2040]

Yes

[@Non_auro_sed_ferro_recuperanda]

Definitely considering leaving the American diet behind all together for the Mediterranean diet: The Mediterranean seems better for your health overall, and who can deny the richness of Mediterranean cuisine.

[@Tama-zephyrwindlass]

Depends on what you mean by American diet. As a lot of people say that without knowing what that means

[@RandelOland901-ATT]

You're wrong when it comes to meet if you're throwing all meat under the same umbrella, grass-fed, grass finish pasture-raised, regenerative farming meat is not harmful for the environment In fact it's actually beneficial.

[@AMOPankration]

The problem is that there is an economic factor that must be taken into account when talking about meat consumption and the environment. The majority of meat purchased is not farmed with a focus on ecological impact -- this is mentioned in the study I linked in the description as well.

[@RandelOland901-ATT]

@@AMOPankration So you admit it's the practice and not the meat, if they actually practiced regenerative farming the issue wouldn't exist. Also plant-based diets, are far more harmful for the environment.

[@deenzmartin6695]

@@AMOPankration LOL

[@elshebactm6769]

🤠👍🏿

[@beasttowers392]

Med diet for med people

[@nozarashiofficial]

Well your take on meat is liberal dog shit but other than that nice video. I’d consider thinking about why it is the best of the best, toughest of the toughest athletes ate while peasants were fed grain and low quality meat. ✌️

[@dimitriradoux]

😂 both your so called “facts” are completely incorrect! If you would know your history, you should know that. Stable isotope and historic evidence from Ancient Greece clearly shows that animal source foods made up a majority of the diet 😉

[@AMOPankration]

Instead of emojis, you could have provided links that back up your claims.

[@dimitriradoux]

@@AMOPankration don’t get me wrong I like your channel and pankration needs more credit! But making a blanket statement that we need to reduce meat intake for our future without any argument and stating it as an undisputable fact is just plain wrong. You have not provided any arguments why or for your second fact on consumption and health, so no I can’t provide a link covering a blanket statement and links in KZbin comments usually get your them deleted. I am very willing though to have a conversation on these points as I have been researching them for years now and would be very willing to provide study links to any points I would make to any direct arguments you would make. But since at this time you just make a blanket claim in your video I can’t really address it since it’s too broad to cover in a comment 😉 btw emojis are up to your interpretation, if you take offence that is your issue and not necessarily my intent 🤫🤷‍♂️

[@DeficiencyProduction]

@dimitriradoux You are entirely incorrect, this is likely due to a pretty severe misreading of research papers. You can find "Diet at ancient Helike, Achaea, Greece based on stable isotope analysis: From the Hellenistic to the Roman and Byzantine periods" (2018) on library genesis if you would like to read for yourself. The authors state in their conclusion: "Overall diet is in good agreement with the documentary and archaeological evidence for a diet in which C3 cereals, wine and olive oil formed the basis of meals to which protein was added. This was mainly terrestrial protein in the form of dairy products or meat from domesticated animals; marine resources were added in smaller and varying amounts." Historical literature suggests that the average urban citizen during the classical period would consume meat less than 50 times a year. They do acknowledge that they were surprised that plant protein sources were underrepresented in their data based on assumptions from classical literature, however they offered several compelling explanations. Further, it seems that it is only during the roman period that terrestrial meat sources rose in importance. Please note that none of this means that "animal source foods made up a majority of the diet".

[@deenzmartin6695]

LOL at the anti-meat propaganda

[@AMOPankration]

Peer reviewed and replicated scientific studies are deemed propaganda in this day and age.

[@RandelOland901-ATT]

​@@AMOPankration Garland Farms and Anti-war Mindset as debunked a lot of those studies. You didn't do your due diligence and you threw all meat under the same umbrella, it's a big difference between feedlot meat and pasture raised, grass-fed grass finished, regenerative meat.

[@rjstine1247]

bUt MuH cLiMaTe ChAnGe

[@deenzmartin6695]

@@AMOPankration LOL

[@DryMonster100]

> 8:08 its over for you

[@orjelmort2330]

Bro in no way shape or form olive oil is better then butter