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Tag: Mediterranean diet
Mediterranean diet linked to slower aging
Quite a few people with the maximum longevity live along the Mediterranean coastline. These people eat lots of fruits, vegetables, olives, nuts and beans that are locally produced in great abundance and variety, thanks to the favourable climate. For decades now we’ve seen the correlation between this type of food and a lower incidence of […]
Price of olive oil on the rise
There’s bad news in store for all you olive oil fans out there: brace yourself to pay more for this basic commodity of the Mediterranean diet, whose merits are praised by gourmets and dietitians alike. The disastrous olive harvest in southern Europe in 2014 is sure to cause an upward surge in oil prices (the […]
The 7 main principles of the Mediterranean diet
Over the last fifty years or so, there has been growing scientific data on the health benefits of the Mediterranean diet to prevent heart attacks, strokes as well as diabetes, cancer, Alzheimer-type dementia and even depression. Here are the 7 main features of this diet, which is usually represented graphically by a pyramid:
Mediterranean diet’s benefits confirmed
Another major study was released this week on the health benefits of the Mediterranean Diet. This study, published on the found that people who eat it have a 30% lower risk of heart disease than those who eat a traditional low-fat diet. Close to 7500 people participated to this study in Spain over a 5-year […]
Olives for every occasion
Green, black, natural, spicy, pitted, stuffed, pâté, with an appetizer or a salad, on a pizza, with fish, meat or pasta, the table olive pretty much lends itself to all occasions. Most olives are harvested for their oil once they mature, after falling naturally from the tree. The most beautiful and fleshy olives in turn, […]
Want to live 15 years longer? Follow the Mediterranean diet!
The benefits of the mediterranean diet have been known for quite a while already. A recent study from Maastricht University in the Netherlands, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition has demonstrated that combining this diet with a healthy lifestyle, i.e. regular exercise, not smoking, and maintaining a healthy weight, can add up to […]
Mediterranean diet on the World Heritage list
UNESCO representatives are currently gathered in Nairobi (Kenya) to evaluate 51 cultural candidacies, in order to confer the ‘Intangible Heritage of Humanity’ status upon the chosen one.
