The Foundation for the Advancement of the Meditarranean Diet (La Fundación para el Desarrollo de la Dieta Mediterránea, or FDDM) is a non-profit organization with a strictly scientific and cultural agenda that aims to promote the study, investigation and dissemination of the many advantages of the Mediterranean diet that contribute to health and general well-being.

Middle Ages men ate more calories, but they consumed them faster. They did not eat refined sugar and their heart diseases and diabetes were less compared to our times.

Eating a traditional Mediterranean diet -- more vegetables, fruits, and fish, and fewer animal products -- does seem to ward off heart disease, an Australian study shows, and it may be especially beneficial for people with diabetes.