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According to an European research group, the consumption of olive oil rich in polyphenols (natural antioxidants) improves the lives of people suffering from oxidative stress, and is also highly beneficial for the prevention of cell aging and osteoporosis.

According to Professors Alberto Fernández and Antonio Segura:

“As preventive substances, polyphenols help to combat any oxidative disease associated with the degenerative process.”

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If you were a caveman you could lower diabetes risks…but You live in a City and eat like a Mediterranean I’ve wrote some times ago, there are a lot of similarities with the Paleo diet and the Mediterranean diet.

They have the basis to eat:

• Fruits
• Vegetables
• Nuts
• Little meats
• Fish

A research proved that the simple diet of the caveman is the “best choice to control diabetes 2”.

The study was conduced on 2 groups of participants who followed the Paleo diet and the Med diet for 3 months had these results. The Med diet group had a much higher intake of grains and dairy products.

The blood sugar rise in response to carbohydrate intake was markedly lower after 12 weeks in the Paleolithic group (–26%), while it barely changed in the-Mediterranean group (–7%).  At the end of the study, all patients in the Paleolithic group had normal blood glucose.

Substances in grains and dairy products have been shown to interfere with the metabolism of carbohydrates and fat in various studies.

Ok Maybe the paleo diet is more indicated for people with Diabetes 2 but…could you eat lean meat, sushi everyday and drink crude milk?

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This week a publish a very interesting interview with Emilia Klapp the author of one of the best books about the Mediterranean diet: “Your heart need the Mediterranean diet”

What led you to write “Your Heart Needs the Mediterranean Diet”?

In the early 1990’s, three of my best friends passed away at very young ages. Crushed and bewildered by these unexpected losses, I became a voracious reader of anything published in the area of nutrition in an attempt to understand what had happened and whether these untimely deaths could have been prevented.

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Eating Mediterranean foods can help you

The flue and cold period is arriving. For those of you don’t believe in the vaccine or other medicines, here a list of useful Mediterranean diet foods that help prevent this diseases.

I think that everybody of us know that to prevent flue and colds you should:

• Drink plenty of liquids. Water and fruit juice
• Eat Garlic that contains an agent called alliin which acts as a decongestant.
• Drink a lot of Lemon juice and Red Orange juice to increase your vitamin C intake.
• Eat foods full of Vitamin C like Citrus fruits, Potatoes, green peppers and strawberries.
• Eat honey to stop cough

Here the foods to not eat with fever:

• High-fat
• High-sugar junk foods
• Skipped meals
• Lot of caffeine
• Dairy products
• Excess salt

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Most people confuse the Mediterranean diet as a dietary pattern used only to loose weight. It’s not 100% exactly. There thousand of reasons to decide to follow this diet…mainly for healthy reasons.

Weight loss is only a consequence of eating healthy.

There 2 main goal to reach:

1. Patience
2. Consistence

Here a list of useful resources I’ve found this week on the effects of the Mediterranean diet and children, myocardial infarction and prostate cancer.

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What food to eat for high cholesterol?

Here a list of resources about the effects of the Mediterranean diet for Cholesterol Reduction for heart healthy

In this post we’ll talk about:

• Health, antioxidant foods and longevity
• Free diets with low fat recipes menu and foods for lowering cholesterol
• Good & Bad Fats
• Mediterranean cuisine: Italian and French

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Med diet pyramid increases your health

Here a list of the recent buzz I’ve found on the web this week…so let’s talk about:

General

• Is the Mediterranean diet really what we need?
• What is a Mediterranean pyramid diet?

Health effects

• Interview with world heart scan authority, Dr. John Rumberger
• How to fight Prostate Cancer and blindness
• Causes mortality after myocardial infarction

Foods

• More Omega-3s essential
• Diabetic Diets and Wine
• Lower Cholesterol by eating tomatoes
• Why You Should Make Extra Virgin Olive Oil Part of Your Diet
• Spinach and Eggs Can Help Your Vision

Cooking

• Some cooking advices on how to cook some Med foods

Not so good info…

• Greek diet fuels heart problems
• Binge Drinking On The Rise In Mediterranean Countries

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As we know the Med diet has lot of health effects:

• Helps prevent diseases
• Helps live longer
• Helps in Alzheimer, cancer, arthritis, heart attack, cholesterol, overweight
• Etc…

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Here a list of resources that explain how the Mediterranean diet helps:

• Physically inactive person
• People live longer
• Cuts out the bad fats
• Is rich in antioxidants

At the end some examples of Med diet recipes to cook Spaghetti and Italian pasta

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Here a list of the best resources of the week about the effects of the Mediterranean diet and health

• Mediterranean Diet May Help Alzheimer’s Patients Live Longer - A Mediterranean diet may help people with Alzheimer’s disease live longer than patients who eat a more traditional Western diet. The study is published in the September 11, 2007, issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. More: Here - Here - Here - Here

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Here a list of the main resources you can read about the Mediterranean diet, weight loss and tips to live healthier

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As Italian I’m a reader of the Beppe Grillo’s blog. This blogger is very famous because he attacks politics and things that don’t go well in Italy.

Last day i read a post where he wrote about the Marketing effects on children’s eating behaviors.

The results are incredible and don’t do good future prospectives.

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Here a list of blogs I’ve found on the blog search engines like technorati etc… The purpose of this article is to make a list of the Mediterranean diet blogs and try to give a review of them. There good and worst blogs, i give you the links and my opinions. Feel free to contact me if you know of a blog i should add to this list.

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Here a list of the best Diet Forums I’ve found on the net. I’m a registered user and I’ve verified how useful and updated they are. I tried to search for specific Mediterranean diet forums but I’ve found only sub-pages of a general diet and weight loss forum.

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Here a list of all the questions and answers that generally all people do about the Mediterranean diet.

Where can i find exactly what the Mediterranean diet is? Please define it and tell me how do i adopt it.
The Mediterranean diet is not a “Diet” but a way that Mediterranean people use to eat. It’s very useful to live better because it contains a lot of good aliments with healthy proprieties.

Where can i find free information on Mediterranean diet plan?

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