Monks On Spartan Diet Super Healthy
During our two-month long trip to Greece this summer, we were shocked at the diets of modern Greeks. In Athens, where nearly half the Greek population lives, people eat far too much greasy, fatty, low-quality junk food, and rich pastries far too often. Many Greeks smoke heavily. In the past week, reports have surfaced that even as the "Mediterranean Diet" remains trendy among American yuppies, people in the actual Mediterranean are abandoning it . And that's why rampant obesity, cardiovasular disease, strokes, diabetes and more is ruining and shortening their lives. But not everywhere. Greeks on the male-only religious community of Mount Athos eat a diet very close to the Spartan Diet. According to Reuters: " The monks also observe a high number of fast days each year. They seldom eat meat and they cultivate their own wines, fruit and vegetables ." In other words, they're not eating industrialized foods, and they eat wild fish and octopus, and never domestic...