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1st World Forum for Nutrition Research: Mediterranean Food on Health and Disease

November 5, 2012
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The first world forum for Nutrition research is being organized in Reus, Spain, on May 21-12 2013. The theme of the forum is Mediterranean food on health and disease and it is expected to attract the attention for many nutrition and diet professionals from all around the world. Mediterranean Diet is on the focus now […]

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Italy’s Mediterranean Diet honours Michelle Obama

May 24, 2012
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We all know that the Mediterranean diet is a way of living and that it all started in the Mediterranean Sea. Italy is part of the Mediterranean Sea and the Italian cuisine, Italian foods and recipes are all part, or a subset, of the Mediterranean diet. Olives and Olive oil is are basic components of […]

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World Hypertension Day and the Role of Mediterranean Diet

May 17, 2012
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Today May 17th we observe the World Hypertension Day, WHD. The theme for the 2012 hypertension day is ‘’Healthy Lifestyle-Healthy Blood Pressure’’. How appropriate for the Mediterranean diet! The Mediterranean diet is a healthy way of living that not only promotes Healthy Blood Pressure but, once followed, ensures that we have a healthy body and […]

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First International Forum on Mediterranean Diet

January 30, 2012
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The 1st International forum on the Mediterranean diet will take place in Italy from February 19th till the 21st 2012. The event will be at Ravello-Amalfi coast of Italy and it is organized by the Patrimonio Italiano foundation. The event will have many scientific highlights of the Mediterranean diet and it is expected to attract […]

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The 2012 International Conference on Mediterranean Diet

January 14, 2012
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The IX Barcelona International Conference on Mediterranean Diet will take place in Barcelona, Spain during the 27th -28th of March 2012. The theme of the conference is: ‘’A healthy lifestyle for Obesity Prevention’’. The healthy lifestyle is the one facilitated by the Med diet. This event is organized by the Mediterranean Diet Foundation (Fountación Dieta […]

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Nutrition Society Winter Meeting

December 5, 2011
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A delegation from the Mediterranean Diet foundation will attend the proceedings of the Nutrition Society’s Winter Meeting that will take place on December 6th till the 7th at the Royal College of Physicians in London UK. The Mediterranean Diet foundation, based in Spain, was formed in 1996 with the sole aim to preserve the lifestyle […]

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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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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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Feta kai Psomi ( So cheese – Feta and Bread )

June 17, 2011
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Mediterranean diet and the white cheese from Greece, Feta cheese, is now a hip hop song that has become a hit in the USA. The song is a parody song, from a Greek singer who lives in the USA, of the original song Jeremih –Down on me by fifty cent. It is a really funny […]

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The Cooking Odyssey a Greek cooking show airs on PBS in USA

April 17, 2011
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The TV production named «The Cooking Odyssey» will appear in the American public television, on 356 member stations, throughout the country for the second TV season. It is a gastronomic “trip” in the Mediterranean about the Mediterranean diet and cuisine and especially into the Greek cuisine, while highlighting local culinary traditions and unique beauties of […]

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Mediterranean diet against Alzheimer

March 26, 2011
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Mediterranean diet helps in the prevention of Alzheimer’s disease and it was proven that people, who follow the Mediterranean diet, have a 40% less risk of being attacked by the Alzheimer’s disease. The Mediterranean, Med, diet is characterized by a high content in fish, fruits, legumes, vegetables, monounsaturated fats like olive oil. While at the […]

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Omega-3 rich in Mediterranean foods against blindness

March 21, 2011
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The phrase “eyes eat fish” said by many nations and in many languages, has a special significance in terms of health, a new U.S. scientific research concludes that people who eat fish, especially oily, containing a lot of omega-3 fatty acids, at least one to two times a week, as dictated in the Mediterranean Diet, […]

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