14. The Mediterranean diet emphasizes consuming

• a low-fat, low-sodium diet in order to make improvements in systolic and diastolic blood pressure.
• a low-carbohydrate diet that requires a relatively high intake of fat and a very low intake of carbohydrates.
• large amounts of fruits, vegetables, fish, and whole grains, using olive oil as a fat source, and eating low amounts of dairy, red meat, and refined grains.
• low-carbohydrate vegan diet contains 26% of calories from carbohydrates, 31% of calories from vegetable proteins, and 43% of calories from vegetable oils.