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Another diet with much fanfare is the Mediterranean diet eaten by inhabitants of the countries of the Mediterranean basin, particularly southern Italy, southern France (accounting for only a small portion of the French people), Greece, Cyprus, Portugal, and Spain. Their diets are high in fruits and vegetables, bread and other grains (e.g., pasta), olive oil, and ?sh, making it generally low in saturated and high in monounsaturated fats (found in olive oil), healthy omega-3 fats (found in ?sh), and dietary ?ber. In that area of the world, olive oil is used in preference to margarine and other oils. People in the Mediterranean region also consume red wine regularly, but almost always in moderate quantities and usually with their meals.

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