The way PS1000 lifestyle is similar to Mediterranean lifestyle is the increase in vegetables and omega 3 and 6 fats. As others have said, the Mediterranean diet allows grains/pasta. Both sugar and white flour will raise your triglycerides and blood sugar so to me avoiding sugar and white carbohydrates that are easily converted into blood sugar/ triglycerides makes sense. Dr. Richard Beliveau is a Canadian nutrition researcher and part of a large team that did a meta-analysis on nutrition and cancer. His comment about the findings: “70% of cancer could be postponed or prevented if people stopped seasoning their food with sugar, salt and fat and used herbs and spices instead.” As well, at a population health conference in 2007, Dr. John Frank, then scientific director of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research in Canada talked about decreases in the incidence of heart disease–“The main reason for significant reductions in heart attacks is availability of fresh fruits and vegetables in grocery stores.” Then he went on to say that he had been raised in Saskatchewan where there was fresh veg and fruits in the summer, but for at least 9 months of the year fruits and vegetables were canned in sugar and salt.
For those that like more information– Dr. Richard Beliveau has a great website https://www.richardbeliveau.org/en/cancer-prevention.html?showall=1
