Mediterranean Diet DESSERTS: top 3 foods to eat and why

🍓 Wondering what a healthy and nutritious DESSERT should look like on the #mediterraneandiet ? Then you’re in the right place!!

⚡️ I’ve got you covered ⚡️

I’ll be sharing with you my ✨TOP 3 FOODS✨ to include in your Med Diet desserts.

In this video, I’ll also be breaking down for you some of the physiology and health of digestion, so that you have a better understanding of WHY I suggest these foods – and what makes dessert unique.

By the end, you’ll know EXACTLY what to do to create a perfect and balanced dessert following this famous approach to food, so that you can eat well and feel great 💫

🍋 Whether you’re brand new or a seasoned veteran of this eating pattern, you’ll get to learn a bit more about where it comes from, why it is so important, and most importantly, how to get going. 👟

I’ll be breaking down for you some important concepts:
✅ What is the Mediterranean Diet?
✅ Key things to know about healthy nutrition & digestion
✅ The 3 core components to a healthy meal and snack
✅ My TOP 3 DESSERT FOODS to eat & why
✅ Nutrition tips and tricks
✅ Med Diet guidance to your success

+ Some simple ways to get started:
1. Adapt your dessert for the season of the year ☀️❄️
2. Plan to eat well whether in at home or on the go 👟
3. Suggestions tailored to YOUR needs and preferences 💥

You’ll be walking away from this video charged up and READY to start eating this extremely beneficial diet every day, so that you can get ahead of your health and thrive.

Follow along my entire Mediterranean Diet How-To series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ2sK9BzXjBY8tSKPsb1qEu8nxvmrpuPo

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
00:22 Dessert 101
2:06 Dessert Idea #1
3:49 Dessert Idea #2
5:00 Dessert Idea #3
6:45: What’s your favorite dessert?

Don’t forget to COMMENT BELOW what you typically eat/make for dessert – BOTH your healthy and less healthy – share with us! 👇🏼

🫒 Watch my video about TOP 5 FOODS in the Med Diet: https://youtu.be/skMe1AQ3uyQ

🖥️ Continue learning with my Nutrition 101 videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ2sK9BzXjBa-lX7OGnrLs0tm72fL6vYK

About Me:
I’m Anna Pleet, MD, and I love teaching people about healthy eating, especially foods from the Mediterranean region. My way of teaching is simple and easy to understand. I want to help you and your family eat in a way that’s both delicious and nutritious.

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If you’re wondering what you should be eating for dessert when following the Mediterranean diet by the end of this video you’re going to know exactly what types of foods to eat to satisfy your sweet tooth at the end of the meal and you’re not even going to feel guilty

About it hey there I’m Dr Anna I’m a medical doctor I was trained in Italy and on this channel you’re going to learn how to master the Mediterranean diet so desserts are of course all about enjoyment and finishing off a meal most of the time people are going to be Gra

Gravitating towards sweet foods for dessert that’s not always true I know some people who like something salty at the end of a meal but if you are like me you probably want something sweet now what makes dessert unique and different than any other time that we eat well

Anytime that we’re going to be going for a meal or a snack I often suggest there are three main components of nutrition that you want to include anytime you eat and these are Protein healthy fat and fiber and I’ve broken down the this topic in a lot further detail in my

Mediterranean diet howto Series where I talk about some breakfast lunch dinner and snack ideas so you can check out those videos here I have a link for you but if you’re wondering what about dessert the thing is dessert is often eaten at the end of our day usually

After dinner so it doesn’t necessarily have to support our body with any specific nutrition it really should just be about enjoyment so I want us to have a slightly different frame of mind when it comes to dessert by the way if you’re getting any value from this video so far

I want you to smash that subscribe button and follow me on this journey of learning everything there is to know about the Mediterranean diet and lifestyle so then you’re probably thinking to yourself right now that the Mediterranean diet is all about healthy living healthy eating so then can the

Dessert itself be healthy well I would argue absolutely it can these are my top three recommendations of a healthier dessert and this is typically what people are eating as a dessert on a traditional Mediterranean diet in the cultures surrounding the Mediterranean Sea so the first one and I think this

Won’t surprise any of you is fruit fruit can be seasonally enjoyed so we have a nice variety of fruit throughout the entire calendar year and that can help keep things exciting change it up you can have fruit raw you can cook it you can include it in something else you can

Freeze it there are just so many ways to enjoy dessert that is a fruit-based dessert if if you want to keep it really simple for yourself then I suggest doing something that I like to do at the end of my days you take a little bit of

Fruit maybe it’s berries you put some kind of a whipped topping on it this could be milk based non-dairy milk based or it could even be like tofu based I’ve seen people make these really amazing tofu whips and you put that on the berries and then drizzle a little bit of

Something that you like on top so that can be peanut butter it can be almond butter it can be honey it can be maple syrup and then add a little a little bit of crunch maybe it’s slivered almonds maybe it’s peans maybe it’s chocolate shavings keep it simple for yourself but

I would definitely suggest that you go for the flavors that you like obviously when it comes to dessert there are just not enough baked goods that we could even list in this video cuz we have cakes cookies muffins pastries Tarts layers of all kinds of things and often

These are going to include fruit but what I’m trying to emphasize when I talk about fruit as a dessert following the Mediterranean diet is thinking about fruit as the bulk component of the dessert rather than a chocolate layer cake with just a skinny little layer of raspberry sauce in the middle that’s not

Really what I’m talking about here that’s fruit flavored dessert I’m really talking about fruit as dessert in as whole of a form as possible so what’s my second dessert idea well it’s to eat nuts or seeds and this is something that is so abundant in the Mediterranean

Region ever heard of baklava well that’s a very very thin filo dough so a pastry dough that is just layered with nuts it’s mostly pistachios it could be almonds or walnuts with a honey that binds it all together but there are tons of other examples of desserts that have

A lot of nuts or seeds in them that come from North Africa and Israel Lebanon turkey all of these cultures surrounding the Mediterranean region if you like that salty flavor go ahead and have salted nuts for dessert there is nothing wrong with that or you can just have

Some Candi nuts now I do have to mention just like with the fruit I do suggest that you have a dessert that’s really nut based if you’re going to go for the concept of nuts or seeds as dessert rather than just something nut flavored one of my favorite things under the sun

Is an almond croissant but I would not argue that that’s exactly a healthy dessert option that just has the flavoring of almond but it’s really mostly just a little bit of dough and butter so I’m really talking about for a healthy dessert option in the Mediterranean diet something that’s nut

Based now my third option for you for Mediterranean diet desserts are frozen treats now of course Italy is in the center of the Mediterranean Sea and they are very famous for the gelato there are so many flavors of gelato you can have the kind that is milk-based or you can

Have the kind that has no milk that’s like a sorbet or what they call sorbetto so you decide what kind you like keep in mind that if you’re going for the one that’s milk-based it’s going to have a lot more fat and a lot more calories but

For those of you who are looking to lose lose weight or you are watching your calorie intake be aware that a sorbet that has like a fruit base and doesn’t include any milk and it doesn’t include egg is definitely going to be lower in calories than something like a

Traditional gelato something that I started doing during Co was making nice cream I take my blender I get some frozen bananas and then I blend it maybe I put some chocolate powder or a little bit of peanut butter and I sort of make my own ice cream at home but it’s not

Milk based it’s banana based or it’s fruit-based so you can be creative there are definitely different options in general if you’re having something like a frozen dessert that you need to eat with a spoon or in a cone you’re doing that often instead of something like a

Cake a pie a cookie a muffin you get the idea some of those very heavy desserts which can help us decrease the amount of processed things we’re eating in our diet overall now don’t be afraid to enjoy some other types of desserts that are not on my list of top three things

Like a square of dark chocolate or even cheese in France they often have a plate of cheese for dessert that might be different types of cheese with a jam it could be an onion Jam a fig Jam you can be creative here but like I mentioned

Before dessert does not have to be sweet it just needs to have something that you can finish the meal off with so now I got to ask all of you to comment and share below what your favorite desserts are go ahead tell us your favorite healthier dessert and the one that’s not

So healthy so if you like desserts and if you like this video go ahead and hit that like button and share this video with some friends or family members that you think could benefit from learning a little bit more about healthy dessert options but the thing is dessert no

Matter what it is doesn’t taste as good if it doesn’t follow an amazing dinner so it’s absolutely essential that you know how to make for yourself a very healthy and delicious dinner following the Mediterranean diet