There are many similarities between the healthy pyramid of consumption and the Mediterranean pyramid of the diet. Nevertheless, the Mediterranean pyramid of the diet is representing of a traditional diet followed by much people in Mediterranean countries such as Greece and Italy, updated in 2008 to reflect new scientific progresses. The healthy pyramid of consumption, also updated on 2008, is based more to date on the investigation of the nutrition and the health, and has a dietetic landlord more varied to solve the preferences of diverse ethnic groups.
The Mediterranean pyramid of the diet is rich in the vehicles, fruits, grains, beans, nuts, and seeds, with the cheese or the yogurt eaten daily in low amounts to moderate. She is low in red meat, with the encouraging fish at least twice per week, and with the fish, the poultries and eggs replacing the meat of cow and the lamb. The added fat main sources are olive oil and nuts. The candies are limited like convites occasional, and the fresh fruit uses generally for the dessert. The red wine is consumed with the meals, in the moderation. Also it recommends daily physical activity.
The healthy pyramid of consumption is similar to the Mediterranean pyramid of the diet in which it accentuates the fortalecedores of plants (whole fruits, vehicles, grains) and recommends limiting of the red meat and candies. Also it recommends choosing of healthy protein sources, of the fortalecedores of plants (nuts, seeds, beans and cheese of soybean) and of fish, of egg or poultries. Like the Mediterranean pyramid of the diet, a base of the daily exercise is used, accentuating the importance of the control of weight. But there are some specific differences:
The healthy pyramid of consumption has less emphasis in the milky products that the pyramid makes Mediterranean of the diet, and observes that it is to obtain calcium very well and vitamin D of I supplement something that of the dairy.