Many studies have investigated the health effects of the Mediterranean diet In a previous post I introduced the history of the Mediterranean diet, which is probably one of the most popular diets worldwide. Here I would like to describe with more detail the studies that have been performed so far to evaluate the health effects
The Mediterranean cuisine is shifting away from tradition The Mediterranean Sea touches three different continents: Asia, Africa and Europe, influencing their climate and way of life, bringing together different cultures linked by traditions that are similar in many ways. And the traditional Mediterranean cuisine is probably the most interesting example of the similarities among these
Many still wonder what the Mediterranean diet actually is The term “Mediterranean diet” was coined in the 1950s by the American researcher Ancel Keys, the first epidemiologist to recognise the health benefits of this style of eating. It is believed that the traditional Mediterranean diet was consumed in the 1950s and 1960s in Greece and
How the Mediterranean diet became so popular worldwide The lands surrounding the Mediterranean Sea have been the scene of many cultures and civilizations and the Mediterranean diet is one of their most important achievements. Agriculture began with the cultivation of cereals and legumes in a region that nowadays includes the eastern Mediterranean countries (Lebanon, Israel,
by Gianluca Tognon In Italy many nutritionists wonder, and sometimes they strongly fight about this issue, whether exclude milk from the diet is good for health or if we should keep advising people to drink it. At the same time here in the north, in the more dairy-friendly Sweden, Dr. Annika Dalqvist has instead become
You are from the North, and have difficulties integrating a Mediterranean diet in your eating habits ? Then try the Northern diet, advises a researcher at the University of Copenhagen. The new Nordic diet specifically created to combine the sometimes conflicting interests of health, food and sustainability, not only contributes to weight control and reduced