Healthy lifestyle is an important element of good health. How much you eat and what you eat can play an important roles in maintaining a healthy weight or losing weight. Exercise is a key factor in weight loss. The best diet for losing weight is one that is good for all parts of your body, from your brain to your toes. A diet that offers plenty of good tasting and healthy choices, eliminates few foods, and doesn’t require an extensive and expensive list of groceries or supplements.

One diet that can fill the bill is a Mediterranean-type diet. A Mediterranean style diet is a flexible eating pattern. People who follow such diets tend to have lower rates of heart disease, dementia, diabetes, and other chronic conditions. The variation of such diet is as followed:

Lean protein from poultry, fish, and beans limited amounts of red meat
Healthy fats from nuts, olive oil and seeds
Several servings of fruits and vegetables a day
Moderate wine consumption with meals (no more than two glasses a day for men; no more than one a day for women)
Whole-grain breads and cereals

The key to weight Loss Is Diet Quality, Not Quantity, a New Study Finds. Healthy weight loss is really about ongoing lifestyle that includes long-term changes in daily eating and exercise habits. A better approach is to decide to eat healthy for life. Enjoy delicious, whole, high-quality foods in ways that nurture your body for the long haul. Being fit gives you metabolic advantage at a cellular level. Performed at the proper intensities and intervals, both strength and cardio training can help build lean muscle mass, increase mitochondrial function, and, in turn, increase metabolic rate. Fitness-focused exercise improves your strength and endurance, which makes activities of all kinds easier, and thus encourages you to be more active.