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Our Meals are "Green" Meals

Doing Something Good For Yourself Can Do Something Good For Your Environment

All the traditional ingredients used in our meals have a low carbon footprint when compared to the subset of ingredients commonly used in a modern diet.

Do Food Choices Significanly Impact Global Warming?
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that the diet of the average American causes the emission of 4.1 tons (8,200 lbs.) of greenhouse gases each year. That means that each day an average American causes the emission of 22.4 lbs of greenhouse gases simply through food choices.

Does Eating a "Green" Meal Really Save That Much?
A diet based on the traditional ingredients we use in our meals is estimated to reduce greenhouse gas emissions between 16.2 and 17.4 lbs each day, causing the emission of just 4.9 – 6.2 lbs per day (4.9 lbs is about equivalent to the emissions from one 5-minute shower). Over the course one month you will save between 453.6 - 487.2 lbs. of greenhouse gases from being emitted into our atmosphere. This represents at least a 72% savings.

If you continue eating this way for a year, you will prevent the emission of 5,913 – 6,351 lbs. (2.95 – 3.17 tons) of greenhouse gases compared to the average American. Again, at least a 72% savings.

Is That A Lot or A Little?
To put this in perspective, the electricity and other energy used in an average two-bedroom apartment in Massachusetts generates about 5.4 tons of greenhouse gases to be emitted into the atmosphere each year. Taking all the generally recommended steps to reduce energy waste in that same apartment (introducing compact fluorescent light bulbs, efficient heating and cooling systems, Energy Star appliances, lowering your boiler temperature, etc.) would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by about 2 tons each year. Only a 37% savings.

How To Calculate Your Carbon Footprint
If you wish to calculate your own carbon footprint there are many calculators on the internet that can give you a good estimate. We particularly like the one put out by The Nature Conservancy (www.nature.org).

Overview

How it works

Program descriptions

Service details

Pricing

Our food

Our meals are "green" meals

Avoiding saturated fats and trans-fats

Recommended by Dr. Kathryn Hayward

Partner Program

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Testimonials

Leanne speaks to her experience of the many health improvements commonly attributed to adopting a Macro-Mediterranean way of eating. She talks about her improved energy, ease losing weight, significantly lowered cholesterol and blood pressure, better concentration and also shares some gained insight into "aging well" that came with her first 4 weeks of Macro-Mediterranean Meal Delivery.

Nancy discusses with Maureen, her Pilates instructor, the changes Maureen saw in Nancy after she adopted a Macro-Mediterranean way of eating and the chronic arthritis pain that had plagued Nancy for years, went away.

George discusses with us his first 10 days receiving meal delivery and how he lost 11 lbs. George is a Type II diabetic and he also was surprised to find that from day 1 his blood glucose levels were not only consistently well inside doctor recommended safety zones (a new experience for him), but were lower than he has ever seen during his 12 years of trying to use diet change to help control his diabetes. NEW: See George's timeline of improvement, click here!

Debra started the Macro-Mediterranean "Yes You Can" Study having a history of serious depression. She also has Type II Diabetes. In this short video she describes how her first 10 days participating in the study provided health improvements and gave her a new outlook for the future.

In January of 2007 Maria Mellano was suffering from fatigue, shortness of breath, anemia and high-fever. In the hospital it became evident that something serious was going on as the medical staff realized she was hemorrhaging into her lungs and kidneys. She was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disease.

In this video you will hear her tell her own story of how through a healing diet and a Macro-Mediterranean approach to eating she has, in a short time, regained more health and vitality than her doctors thought possible.

Since beginning my learning with you I feel like I have become a part of a community of people seeking positive change in their lives. For the first time I am actually enjoying the process of changing my nutritional intake. (I do not want to call this a diet, as I feel like it is a lifestyle change).

The best part of working with you is that you do not expect perfection and do not advocate restriction. Instead you have assisted me and encouraged me to make slow changes. You have provided me with knowledge as to what certain foods do to my body and why eating them or limiting them are beneficial. This way I can make an educated decision.
-- Lynn Clancy (Boston)