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  • Mediterranean Diet

    Since the 1950s, health professionals such as Ancel Keys have been studying the diets of the people of the Mediterranean. The people of Greece, particularly Crete, had the longest life expectancy in the world until the 1960s, followed by Southern Italy, Spain, and France. The important aspects of the...
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  • Essential Elements of the Mediterranean Diet

    Abundance of food from plant sources, including fruits and vegetables, potatoes, breads and grains (including pasta and rice), beans, nuts and seeds. Emphasis on variety of minimally processed and seasonally fresh and locally grown foods. Olive oil as principal fat, replacing other fats and oils (including...
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  • Health Benefits of Mediterranean Diet

    Although as much as 40% of total daily calories are from fat in the traditional Mediterranean diet, cardiovascular diseases is substantially decreased. As a monounsaturated fatty acid , olive oil does not raise cholesterol to the same extent as do saturated fats . Olive oil is also a good source of antioxidants...
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  • Mediterranean Diet Ingredients

    Due to the long and extensive history of Mediterranean cooking, it isdifficult to list every ingredient found in the Mediterranean diet. Therefore, the following includes the most frequently used ingredients. Olive Oil Olive oil has been the most distinguishing element of Mediterranean cooking for thousands...
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  • Basic Mediterranean Menu

    The preparation and seasonings vary from country to country, but the people of the Mediterranean region all eat lots of complex carbohydrate foods like vegetables, fruits, beans, pasta, rice and other grains, only moderate amounts of protein from fish, poultry and red meat, and use almost exclusively...
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  • Health Benefits of Olive Oil and the Mediterranen Diet

    The health and therapeutic benefits of olive oil were first mentioned by Hippocrates, the father of medicine. For centuries, the nutritional, cosmetic and medicinal benefits of olive oil have been recognized by the people of the Mediterranean. Olive oil was used to maintain skin and muscle suppleness...
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  • How did the Mediterranean Diet originate?

    The traditional eating habits of Mediterranean peoples are based on the livestock, fishing and agriculture of their region, which has a long growing season and rather mild climate. It's that simple. The traditional diets of Greeks, Sicilians and Tunisians reflect distinct cuisines and culinary practices...
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  • Why did it take so long for the Mediterranean Diet to be recognized?

    On a scientific level, the answer is a complicated one. The health risks of high dietary cholesterol have been known --and debated-- for a long time, and examined in the confusing context of research indicating that most cholesterol is produced by the body's own mechanisms. Based on autopsies, the American...
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