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The purpose of this research is to examine people with type 2 diabetes as to whether they have knowledge of the Mediterranean diet and to explore the contribution of the Mediterranean diet through the MED DIET SCORE nutrition index. It also explores the knowledge and the adoption of the Mediterranean diet and how it is related to other factors and diseases. A total of 120 people, residents of Lamia or the surrounding villages, took part in the study. The participants were divided into 2 groups: the 1st group consists of 60 individuals with TDM2 and the second group consists of people without TDM2. The survey was based on a semi-structured questionnaire and statistical analysis was performed on the data. The results of research that diabetics and non-diabetics have moderate adoption of the Mediterranean diet and in terms of clinical parameters have found that diabetics have higher rates of microvascular-macrovascular complications, HbA1c, total cholesterol, HDL, LDL and triglycerides compared to non-diabetics because the percentages of weight and BMI of diabetics are higher than non-diabetics. The innovation of this study is to assess whether today's inhabitants of Lamias know and apply the Mediterranean diet.