A few thoughts about the Mediterranean diet. First, having been to multiple cities on the Med, the diet they eat there is much different than the Med diet promoted in the U.S. It is full of meat and seafood and butter. 2nd, the entire concept of the Med diet comes from the work of Keys, much of which has been verified as fraudulent. 3rd, as long as your Med diet is low in carbs and adheres to the other PHD principles then it's perfect.