by Ray | Jun 26, 2006 | Mediterranean Food
Just how many applications there are for olive oil? Its use extends to skin care and cosmetics, cooking and medicinal purposes. Olive oil is a staple of the Mediterranean diet and is used in place of butter. This frequent use of olive oil has been linked to reduced...
by Ray | Jun 20, 2006 | Disease Prevention
The Mediterranean diet is not some new fad diet … dreamed up by a weight-loss “guru” or as a new health measure. It is thousands of years old. People living along the Mediterranean Sea have been eating a natural diet … that has been proven in...
by Ray | Jan 1, 2006 | Weight Loss Diet
While it first became popular as a heart health diet, the role of the Mediterranean diet seems to be changing. In the past few decades, it has been hypothesized that some people in the Mediterranean, particularly those from the island of Crete, had a significantly...
by Ray | Dec 6, 2005 | Diets
Welcome to our modern quick-fix culture. We want a solution for everything, it has to come in a box, it has to be operated with a single push-button, and it has to work miracles. The desire for quick fixes is nowhere more apparent than in our infatuation with diet...
by Ray | Dec 5, 2005 | Mediterranean Diet Information
The Mediterranean diet is rapidly becoming recognized as one of the healthiest diets in the world. It is touted for consisting of large amounts of fresh fruits and vegetables, salads, nuts, seeds, rich oily fish containing omega-3, olives and olive oil. It is...
