The Greek diet, formed by history and climatic conditions, meets the main criteria of an optimal diet: it has properties that promote health and is compatible with a sustainable environment.
The Greek Diet - The Key To a Healthier Life
The traditional Greek diet, formed by history and climatic conditions, meets the main criteria of an optimal diet: it has properties that promote health and is compatible with a sustainable environment.
In simple terms, the traditional Greek regime is based on: High consumption of olive oil, which in Greece, more than in any other country, is extra virgin; High consumption of unrefined vegetables, legumes, fruits and cereals; Preference for fish over meat; Emphasis on feta cheese and yogurt, instead of other dairy products; Moderate consumption of wine, especially during meals.
Prototype of the traditional Mediterranean diet
The properties that promote the health of this diet have been documented among many populations, and at different times in history. In the late 1960s, the original work of Ansell Keys (a renowned scientist who studied the impact of diet on health) on the Greek population gave weight to the idea that the traditional Greek diet represents a distinguished prototype of the…
