Wellness
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You're eating the same way you always have. You might even be exercising more. And yet the weight is creeping up — specifically around your middle — in a way that feels completely disconnected from anything you're actually doing. Your clothes fit differently. Your body feels unfamiliar. And if you've spoken to your GP about it, there's a reasonable chance you were told it's just part of getting older. It is part of getting older. But that explanation, on its own, isn't good

The Mediterranean diet isn't a weight loss diet in the traditional sense. It's an anti-inflammatory, hormone-supporting, heart-protecting way of eating that happens to support healthy weight management as a natural consequence of its food quality and composition. That distinction matters enormously for how you approach it.

Thermogenesis, at its most fundamental, is heat production. Specifically, it refers to the heat your body generates as a byproduct of burning calories for energy. The analogy of an engine is apt here: engines don't just produce movement, they produce heat. Your body is the same. Every metabolic process — digesting food, moving your muscles, maintaining your core temperature, producing hormones — generates heat.