September 2011

Greek Style pizza recipe

September 25, 2011
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Pizza is an Italian food, a Mediterranean food, and with the right original ingredients it becomes a Mediterranean diet food. This recipe is about a Greek style pizza with all the basic components of the med diet. Minced meat is included so as to give it a festivity character, but it can certainly be excluded […]

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Mediterranean diet and World Alzheimer’s Day

September 20, 2011
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September 21st is Alzheimer’s World Day and this year’s theme is ‘Faces of dementia’. In this article we will give a short explanation of what is Alzheimer’s, what is dementia and describe how the Mediterranean diet, that is the Mediterranean way of living, cuts the Alzheimer’s risk, helps Alzheimer’s patients live longer, can protect us […]

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A diet for Muscular Dystrophy patients?

September 17, 2011
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September 17th has been declared by a group of sensitive people as the Muscular Dystrophy Day on the Internet. Mediterraneandietforall.com will contribute to this noble cause by showing how the Mediterranean diet followed for centuries by the Mediterranean people can help the Muscular Dystrophy patients. First we have to understand what Muscular Dystrophy, MD, is. […]

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Moroccan beef kofta with fruity couscous

September 17, 2011
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While beef in the Mediterranean diet should be consumed rarely, 2-3 times a month, couscous on the other hand belongs to the daily consumption category. In this quick recipe we combine the two provide a delicious combination. The recipe provided below serves 4 people and it has preparation time of 5 minutes, mins, plus 15 […]

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Mediterranean stuffed peppers

September 13, 2011
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This recipe will put you in early autumn feel and even though you may not be at a fancy Italian restaurant you will certainly feel like being in one when the flavors from the oven will fill your kitchen. The stuffed peppers can be eaten as a starter, antipasti, or as a side dish of […]

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Mediterranean diet meal plan for weight loss

September 8, 2011
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Unlike any other commercial diet, the Mediterranean diet does not offer a specific meal plan but you have the choice to create your own delicious, healthy and calorie-friendly meals from a plethora of natural foods. This openness of the Mediterranean diet gives the opportunity to many health organizations, commercial weight loss institutions, nutritionists and dietitians to create […]

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A new study reveals the benefits of the mediterranean diet

September 3, 2011
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A new study about Mediterranean Diet and its beneficial effects is being carried in Australia by Dr Antigoni Kouris-Blazos and Dr Catherine Itsiopoulos both professors at the University of La Trobe.  The new study-research is being carried in Melbourne and is focused on elderly people who originated from the Greek islands and particularly from Crete.  […]

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