MEDITERRANEAN DIET WAS NAMED THE BEST DIET FOR 2021. COULD IT BE THE ANSWER TO DROP THAT
EXTRA QUARANTINE? 15
NUTRITIONISTS AND CLINICAL
DIRECTOR FOR THE PRO FOOTBALL
FALL OF FAME BY PERFORMANCE
HEALTH PROGRAM. JIM LAVELLE
WEIGHING IN ON THIS THIS
MORNING. JIM, THANKS SO MUCH
FOR BEING HERE. REALLY
APPRECIATE IT. HAPPY NEW YEAR
TO YOU. HAPPY NEW YEAR. GREAT
TO BE HERE. LOOK, YOU KNOW,
JANUARY COMES WITH A NEW
PERSPECTIVE FOR A LOT OF FOLKS,
RIGHT? A LOT OF THEM ARE HOPING
TO CUT THE POUNDS. IT'S ALWAYS
A POPULAR MONTH FOR WEIGHT LOSS
.DO YOU FEEL LIKE HIT WITH
THIS 20 21 NEW YEAR? IT'S GONNA
BE A LITTLE HARDER FOR PEOPLE
TO NAVIGATE THAT. THAT PANDEMIC
WEIGHT. YEAH, I THINK IT IS
BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WHEN YOU GET
UNDER CHRONIC STRESS YOU EAT
MORE AND EVERYBODY GOT THE
PANDEMIC 15. RIGHT. EVERYBODY
IS TALKING ABOUT THE QUARANTINE
15. AND SO YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU
GET UNDER STRESS YOU CRAVE MORE
CARBS. YOU WANT TO HAVE A
LITTLE BIT OF HAPPY HOUR, YOU
KNOW, EVEN THOUGH IT'S VIRTUAL
AND THOSE ARE THE KIND OF
THINGS THAT KIND OF REALLY
WRECK YOUR METABOLISM WHEN YOU
TAKE IT IN TOO MANY COMFORT
FOODS. YOU KNOW, HAVING A
LITTLE BIT MORE LIBATIONS ON A
REGULAR BASIS. SO IT'S A LITTLE
BIT TOUGHER AND THEN YOU'VE GOT
TO GET OUT AND MOVE. RIGHT. SO
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LIMITED IN
THAT EVER IS THAT WHEN YOU GO
INTO A GYM. SO FINDING CREATIVE
WAYS TO EXERCISE AS WELL? YEAH.
I'VE NEVER I'VE NEVER WORKED
FROM HOME DURING ALL OF THIS.
BUT FOR PEOPLE THAT I HAVE
SOMETIMES I JUST FEEL LIKE
THEY'RE STUCK THAT THEY DON'T
GET TO WALK AROUND AS MUCH
COULD FIND THEMSELVES TRYING TO
FIND A TIME TO GET OUT AND
ABOUT AND WALK AROUND. BUT
SOMETIMES YOU'RE JUST KIND OF
GLUED TO THAT LAPTOP THAT THAT
CAN'T BE GOOD. WELL, YOU KNOW
THAT LIKE THE NEW SAYING YOU
KNOW, SITTING IS THE NEW
SMOKING RIGHT. WHEN YOU SIT
HERE AND YOU DON'T MOVE YOU
DON'T YOU DON'T MOVE YOUR
LYMPHATIC SYSTEM, YOUR BODY
DOESN'T METABOLIZE THINGS AS
EFFICIENTLY. IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT TO EVEN THINK ABOUT
JUST CHRONIC LOW LOW GRADE
EXERCISE, GET A WALK IN, YOU
KNOW, EVEN GET UP 15 MINUTES
THREE TIMES A DAY AND WALK IF
YOU CAN OR ONCE A DAY FOR 45
MINUTES JUST GET MOVING. IT'S
GONNA BE A BIG IMPORTANT PIECE
OF HOW YOU'RE GOING TO MANAGE
WEIGHT. THAT'S WHY I ADORE
HAVING A DOG IS A GOOD REMINDER
THOUGH. THEY'LL LET YOU KNOW.
THEY'LL SAY HEY, GET ME OUT
THERE. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS
ON THE MEDITERRANEAN DIET HERE
?DOES THIS WORK? AND DOES IT
WORK FOR EVERYONE? WELL, NO, I
DON'T THINK IT WORKS. I DON'T
GET A ONE DIET WORKS FOR
EVERYONE. I MEAN I THINK ONCE
AGAIN MEDITERRANEAN DIET IN
PARTICULAR IT WORKS GREAT ON
PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE
MEDITERRANEAN THAT ARE WALKING
MORE THAN WE ARE. I THINK
SOMETIMES THERE'S STILL TOO
MUCH CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE
DEPENDING HOW SEDENTARY YOU
ARE. BUT THE ONE THING IS FOR
SURE ABOUT MEDITERRANEAN DIET,
IT REALLY EMPHASIZES THE NEED
TO EAT VEGETABLES, LEAN PROTEIN
,GET A LITTLE BIT LEGUMES IN
AND I THINK THAT'S A GREAT
BASIS TO GET STARTED ON PEOPLE
YOU KNOW, LOSING WEIGHT. BUT
ONCE AGAIN I STILL FIND THAT IN
GENERAL EVERYBODY'S GOT A
LITTLE BIT OF TWEAK THAT THEY
CAN LEARN ABOUT THEIR DIET.
SOME PEOPLE ARE INTOLERANT TO
FOODS. THEY MAY BE INSENSITIVE.
AND SO THEREFORE, YOU KNOW,
THEY'VE GOT TO AVOID CERTAIN
FOOD GROUPS LIKE DAIRY AND THEY
END UP YOU KNOW, HOLDING ONTO
THEIR WEIGHT BECAUSE IT
TRIGGERS INFLAMMATION. YOU
KNOW, WE GOT THREE KIDS AT HOME
SO AROUND THIS TIME OF YEAR
WE'RE ALREADY ALWAYS BOOSTING
OUR VITAMIN C AND WE'RE BEING
VERY CAUTIOUS BECAUSE WE DON'T
WANT TO GET THE FLU AND COURSE
THIS YEAR WE DON'T WANT TO GET
COVERED. WE DON'T WANT TO GET
ANY OF THESE THINGS. IS THERE
ANY SORT OF DIET THAT CAN HELP
US AVOID COVERED OR THE FLU OR
ANY OTHER ILLNESSES? WELL, I
THINK YOU GOT A LOWER RISK OF
GETTING THE FLU OR A COLD. IF
YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM IS NOT
GETTING CHALLENGED BY SOMEONE
WHO'S EATING A LOT OF SUGAR AND
A LOT OF REFINED CARBS, WE KNOW
THAT WHEN PEOPLE SPIKE THEIR
INSULIN FROM THEIR BLOOD SUGAR
IS GOING UP THAT THAT'S GOING
TO AFFECT THEIR IMMUNE SYSTEM.
AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO TRY TO
EAT MORE WHOLE FOODS, MORE
PLANT FOODS DON'T OVERDO THE
GRAINS, DON'T OVERDO THE SUGAR
AND SWEETS TAKING GREEN DRINKS.
YOU KNOW THERE'S GREAT GREEN
DRINKS OUT THERE. DON'T BUY THE
ONES THAT ARE ALREADY LIQUID.
THEY TEND TO BE HIGH IN SUGAR
BUT POWDERED ONES YOU KNOW ONE
I LIKE CALLED CAIO GREENS. IT'S
ALL ORGANIC AND YOU KNOW,
REALLY CLEAN INGREDIENTS. I
THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. AND
THEN ALSO JUST YOU KNOW, BE
REMINDED THAT YOU CAN GET A
GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP. PEOPLE
SLEEP FIVE HOURS A NIGHT ARE
NINE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO GET A
COLD OR FLU THAN SOMEONE WHO'S
SLEEPING SEVEN HOURS A NIGHT.
YOU DO THOUGH AS YOU TALK ABOUT
SLEEP, STRESS, FOOD MANAGEMENT
AND MOVING, RIGHT? YEAH. AND
THEN SOME GOOD DIETARY
SUPPLEMENTS LIKE PROBIOTICS.
GREEN DRINKS I THINK ARE A
GREAT WAY TO BE PREVENTATIVE.
DON'T FORGET DOESN'T MATCH THE
ZINC AND THE VITAMIN D AND THE
VITAMIN C. YEAH THE SLEEP
PORTION DEFINITELY ALL EARS
PERKED UP HERE ON THE MORNING
SHOW HERE ON THE MORNING SHOW
TEAM WHEN YOU SAID THAT'S A GOT
TO GET THOSE DISEASE IN. RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, JIM, THANKS A LOT
FOR YOUR TIME. REALLY
APPRECIATE YOUR