Thanks to growing research and reports in recent years, there’s increasing global recognition that the Mediterranean diet—rich in fruits, vegetables, grains, legumes, and beans, and low in meat—is among the healthiest ways to eat. It is the eating pattern followed by people in Ikaria, Greece and Sardinia, Italy, for example, which are two of the world’s Blue Zones (regions renowned for longevity). The other Blue Zones in Loma Linda, CA; Nicoya, …