Weight loss diet woman claims helped her loose seven stone deters overeating, ...

The Mediterranean diet plan has been praised by dieters and scientists alike in past years.

One woman claimed to have lost almost seven stone, or 100 pounds, on the plan.

Writing for Greatist, Brandy Bell saids eating olive oil and spending longer at the dinner tables were some of the ways she dropped the impressive amount of weight.

Now scientists have found that eating on this plan helps to stop overeating, which leads to weight gain.

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Weight loss diet: Mediterranean plan deters overeating, scientists claim

A study from the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Centre observed primates on various diets

They found that the animals on the Mediterranean diet chose not to eat all the food available to them.

The study's principal investigator, Carol A. Shively, Ph.D., professor of pathology at Wake Forest School of Medicine, said: “By comparison, the animals on a Western diet ate far more than they needed and gained weight.”

It has previously been found that the diet can lower the risk of heart disease, in a study from the American College of Cardiology.

So what is the Mediterranean diet?

The Mediterranean diet takes after diets adopted by those living on the borders of the Mediterranean sea, such as

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