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16 01 12 • Food in the Spotlight, Mediterranean Diet News

Mediterranean Diet: Putting Garlic on the Spotlight

If you want to live a healthier, longer and fuller life, you may want to avoid using salt and use garlic to add flavour to your foods instead. The “stinking rose” as others affectionately call it, does not only help lower your blood pressure levels, it also promotes good cardiovascular health and has the power [...]
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09 01 12 • Food in the Spotlight

How Well Do You Know Your Olive Oil?

Is the Mediterranean diet the best diet man has ever known? A lot of expert nutritionists believe it is – and for a lot of good reasons. And while the health benefits brought about by the Mediterranean way of eating can be attributed to a lot of factors, a good part of it can be [...]
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02 01 12 • Food in the Spotlight, Mediterranean Food

Mediterranean Diet Breakfast: The Right Way to Start Your Day

The Mediterranean breakfast can easily be summed up in two words – light and satisfying. So, why settle for dry cereal or toaster pastries when you can have unlimited breakfast choices that are equally delicious and nutritious at the same time? This will surely take away the boredom out of the equation and add some zest and pizzazz to your morning meal!
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19 12 11 • Disease Prevention, Food in the Spotlight, Mediterranean Diet News

Mediterranean Diet: Putting Nuts on the Spotlight

If you want to keep metabolic syndrome at bay, you should strictly adhere to your Mediterranean diet plan and throw in an additional serving of nuts every day. It’s guaranteed to help increase your resistance against this condition and the serious health complications it usually brings. Now, isn’t this some great news for all of [...]
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20 07 11 • Food in the Spotlight

Is the Mediterranean Diet Worth Every Penny?

Comparing the cost of an ordinary, fat-filled diet with a healthy, Mediterranean diet is sometimes enough for people to just forego their plan and dream to improve their eating habits.
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21 02 11 • Food in the Spotlight

Beer in a Diet – What Good can it Bring?

A small portion of the population know that beer actually has health benefits? Yes indeed! In fact, they are healthy in moderate consumption and it is associated with a decreased risk of cardiac disease, cognitive decline, diabetes, high blood pressure and stroke. Doctors believe that drinking beer up to 1 pint a day could even help you lose weight. Hmm… the jury is out on that one :-)
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21 01 11 • Diets, Food in the Spotlight

5 Ways to Assist Dieting without Hunger

Dieters tend to remember his or her commitment in losing weight in order to defeat hunger pangs and cravings. However, there are other ways one can do to ward off the temptations when dieting. Instead of eating less when dieting, one can eat up on foods that fill you up but with a minimal amount of calories.
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