Celebrities who have followed the Mediterranean diet - Insider

Research suggests eating the foods in the Mediterranean diet can benefit your heart and brain, lower the risk of diabetes, and aid in weight loss, depending on your meal plan.

Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Critics Choice Association The "Roseanne" star worked with fitness guru Mackie Shilstone to help lose weight after he hit 400 pounds over a decade ago.

"In the old days, I would take three months out, lose 60 or 70 pounds, and then reward myself with a six-pack or whatever and just go back to my old habits," Goodman told ABC in 2017, Page Six reported.

Don Arnold/WireImage "For me, it's all about balance, so I choose exactly what I want, and add lots of salads and roasted vegetables on my plate, as well as protein (I love seafood) and rice or pasta — and I never feel like I'm missing out," she wrote.

Getty Images "I try to eat something similar to a Mediterranean diet — lean meat, fish, crunchy vegetables, olive oil and green tea.

Her favorite consists of mix of spinach, arugula, pine nuts, tomatoes, blue cheese, dried cranberries, and a dressing made of olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and mustard.