Compared to the typical american diet, the mediterranean diet provides saturated fat.

less

Explanation:

Compared to the typical American diet, the Mediterranean Diet provides less saturated fat. This is because the Mediterranean Diet is based more around vegetables, fruits, herbs, nuts, beans and whole grains. All of which are low on saturated fat as well as dairy, poultry, eggs, and seafood which are all important in a Mediterranean Diet. While American Diet is more of fried and fast foods such as fried chicken,  french fries, hamburgers, etc.