History

Fasting in Mediterranean Diet

April 7, 2014
Fasting in Mediterranean Diet

Fasting is defined as the deliberate avoidance of eating certain food items or involuntary abstinence from every kind of food. Fasting as a religious practice was known to ancient people. Despite several variations encountered, fasting is a characteristic of many different religions. The effect of fasting on health and body function has been studied more […]

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The Mediterranean Diet: “A Global Revolution”?

March 15, 2014
The Mediterranean Diet: “A Global Revolution”?

At the end of the 60s Greece’s population enjoyed low mortality regarding cardiovascular diseases and several cancers. That observation attracted the interest of the scientific community and later on, -during the late ’70s-, the so called “Seven Countries Study” came to correlate positively Mediterranean eating habits with those low mortality rates. But during the past […]

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The History of Halloumi Cheese

April 22, 2011
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The Republic of Cyprus or just Cyprus, name of the state more familiar to the common people, is located in the far east of the Mediterranean Sea and it is one of the countries that Mediterranean Diet flourishes. The island has a long and diverse history full of legendary events. The most prominent event was […]

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Mediterranean Diet in Ukraine

January 20, 2011
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The Mediterranean diet, way of living and mode of food preparation and consumption, is spreading all over the world and every day becomes more famous among different nations which do not belong to the Mediterranean communities and Ukraine could be not an exception. The global society is extremely concerned about the general health condition of […]

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The origin and history of the mediterranean diet

January 11, 2011
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The name of the famous and healthy Mediterranean diet, Med Diet, comes from two words that we will analyze so that we will all have a better relation and understanding of the diet we adopted and will follow. Mediterranean: is the name of the sea that is between Europe, Asia and Africa with one natural […]

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The Mediterranean countries – Part 3

December 24, 2010
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In order to be able to have a deeper understanding of the Mediterranean diet,  it would be good to know where it all started, where the Mediterranean foods, Mediterranean cuisine and Mediterranean diet started so as to understand the culture and driving forces of the area. Below is the analysis of the third group of […]

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The Mediterranean countries – Part 2

December 21, 2010
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In order to be able to have a deeper understanding of the Mediterranean diet it would be good to know where it all started, where the Mediterranean foods, Mediterranean cuisine and Mediterranean diet started. Below is the analysis of the second group of countries which comprise the Mediterranean group (the first part was analyzed in […]

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The Mediterranean countries – Part 1

December 3, 2010
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In order to be able to have a deeper understanding of the Mediterranean diet it would be good to know where it all started, where the Mediterranean foods, Mediterranean cuisine and Mediterranean diet started. Mediterranean means the sea in the middle of the earth, in between land.  It is considered to be the birthplace of […]

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