Mediterranean Diet Herbs

Herbs in the Mediterranean Diet

April 28, 2014
Wild Chicory edible

The nutritious and therapeutic role of wild herbs in the traditional Greek Mediterranean diet. Hippocrates, the father of medicine, used to say: Your medicine is your food and your food is your medicine.  Herbs are food, as well as medicine. Hippocrates and Galinos distinguished them in cold and warm and used them in their “Dietetic” […]

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Rosemary: the remembrance of the Mediterranean Diet

February 18, 2014
Rosemary: the remembrance of the Mediterranean Diet

Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) is a woody, evergreen herb with needle-like leaves and bright fragrance – colored flowers (white, pink, purple or blue). Rosemary is a member of the Lamiaceae mint family, which also includes other herbs. It took its name from the Latin Proerchertai Rosmarinus, which means “sea drop”. Its flowering period is prolonged and […]

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