The Mediterranean Diet

Great news for all you garlic lovers out there! Recent research at the University of Adelaide, in Australia, has shown a direct link between munching on the smelly stuff and reducing high blood pressure. Untreated high blood pressure is a very real killer. Over 16 million people in the UK and a staggering 73 million in the US suffer from high blood pressure. Two thirds of these people do not have

The Mediterranean Diet is now being touted as the basis for a flat belly. The premise for this weight loss plan is that the mono-unsaturated fats (MUFA's) that are so rich in the traditional Mediterranean foods are fantastic for eliminating abdominal fat and increasing the pleasant feeling of fullness at the end of a meal. This diet offers a wide variety of healthy foods, incorporates the basic Me

While the Mediterranean Diet has been acknowledged for many years as having many health benefits for those who follow that particular eating plan, until now there has been little or almost no formal study collations. However, all of this changed when the British Medical Journal published the findings from the University of Florence, Italy, in September 2008. The findings of this study were impress