What is the true authentic Mediterranean diet?
                                
                                
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                                In the mid-20th century, researchers like Ancel Keys observed that people in Crete and Southern Italy enjoyed remarkably low rates of chronic diseases and high life expectancy, a phenomenon linked to their traditional eating patterns. The true authentic Mediterranean diet is not a generic, modern trend but a specific, culturally rich foodway based on historical evidence from that period.