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Best Mediterranean Diet Desserts

March 26, 2012
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In the mind of most people, Dessert is a forbidden word when they are on a diet. Well, not for the Mediterranean Diet followers. As it was stressed many times, the Mediterranean diet is a way of living and not a deprivation diet. Desserts are an integral part of the Mediterranean diet and there is […]

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Ideal Drinks for a Mediterranean style diet

March 19, 2012
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The Mediterranean diet is famed for its tolerance of alcohol and the fact that followers are actually recommended to include a moderated amount of red wine in their daily intake.  In fact this is one of the factors that makes the diet so attractive to many dieters; there are not too many diets out there […]

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What is a good Mediterranean diet breakfast?

March 14, 2012
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Breakfast is the most important meal of the day by any diet standard and this is not an exception for the Mediterranean diet. The Mediterranean breakfast is indeed the most important meal of the day for all the nations of the Mediterranean Sea. The question is: what is a good Mediterranean diet breakfast? And the […]

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Health benefits of the Mediterranean diet for women

March 12, 2012
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Mediterranean diet is a healthy diet that is suitable for all people and of all ages. The Mediterranean diet is a way of living that has evolved over the ages, a diet of more than 2500 years old, and has been the diet of the nations of the Mediterranean Sea. Anybody that follows the Mediterranean […]

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Mediterranean Diet Vs Dash Diet

March 9, 2012
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Last year the Dash and Mediterranean diets were rated as two of the best diets for health and wellbeing by an expert panel from U.S. News & World Report.  The highest scorer, The Dash diet, (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension), endorsed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, was designed to lower blood […]

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5 Healthy Snacks from the Mediterranean Diet

March 5, 2012
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Snacks are an important part of daily life for many people, but how can you adapt your snacks to fit into the healthy eating style of the Mediterranean diet?   We lead busy lifestyles and don’t always have time to sit down to a full meal at regular intervals.  A quick bite to eat to keep […]

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Mediterranean Diet for Americans-Make the Switch Today

March 2, 2012
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We have all heard that the Mediterranean diet is one of the healthiest diets to follow.  Research has shown that following the principles outlined in this diet can greatly reduce risk of diseases such as Cardiac disease, some cancers, Type 2 Diabetes, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.  It has also shown success as a weight loss diet.  […]

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The Mediterranean Diet for Vegetarians

February 27, 2012
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The Mediterranean diet is well known for its multitude of health benefits, but can it be followed by vegetarians with the same results? What is the Mediterranean Diet? This fresh food focused diet, based on the eating patterns of countries such as Greece, Italy and Spain situated on the Mediterranean coast, is widely regarded as […]

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Pomegranate in the Mediterranean Cuisine

February 24, 2012
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Our recent Mediterranean diet culinary recipe for the special Valentine’s Day dinner included the use of pomegranate seeds. There are many Mediterranean diet recipes for Mediterranean foods, salads and desserts which have as one of their ingredients either pomegranate seeds or pomegranate juice or the pomegranate syrup known as grenadine. Pomegranate is definitely part of […]

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The Mediterranean diet shopping list

February 22, 2012
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So you decided to get started with the Mediterranean diet, good choice! One of the things you need to take care is your shopping list. What food items you need to include in your cupboards to replace the not so healthy items of your current diet?  We have gathered below the most common items that […]

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The Cretan Diet – the heart of the Mediterranean Diet

February 20, 2012
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We will start the discussion about the Cretan Diet with the words of Serge Renaud, a great Mediterranean diet researcher and author of the French Paradox: ‘’ Do not look for a pill that substitutes the Cretan diet. There is none’’. The Cretan diet takes its name from the island of Crete, the largest Greek […]

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The role of wine in the Mediterranean Diet

January 30, 2012
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Wine is part of the Mediterranean Diet and this is a fact. If you take a look at the Mediterranean diet pyramid and related articles, it is mentioned that red wine can be taken in moderation daily. In the Mediterranean culinary cuisine, wine accompanies any meal and many Mediterranean recipes have wine, red of white, […]

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Lose weight with the Mediterranean diet

January 23, 2012
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It’s all in the lifestyle To begin, let’s steer away from talking about the Mediterranean diet and talk more about the Mediterranean lifestyle.  The Mediterranean is a cluster of countries where being outdoors and working with your hands is a sign of health and accomplishment.  In the west we tend to go outside as a […]

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