You would think that for a diet to receive such international attention, that it would have to be revolutionary. Yet the Mediterranean diet has produced spectacular results without anything Earth-shaking behind it. It is not at all revolutionary, and yet the...
There isn’t really any one Mediterranean Diet! However, there’s a whole swag of countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea. The basic Mediterranean Diet has common characteristics even if the surrounding countries differ in culture, language and recipes to...
For everyone who’s been on a diet themselves or knows someone who’s been on a diet, you know how bland the food can be sometimes. With foods like rice cakes its no secret why you lose weight, if the foods taste like carboard. For everyone who’s had...
When we look to healthy eating choices, we are the most familiar with the food pyramid provided by the FDA. This is mostly based on portion size and does not make allowance for the many different qualities of various food sources. It is based on the assumption that...
The Mediterranean region is the birthplace of human history, as far as our records show. For thousands of years, the Europeans, Africans, and Asians have gathered around this geographical and cultural center that forms a cross-roads for all of the old-world cultures....
