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Ancient Greece
Students Learn Ancient Greek Diet
Pork with plums, stuffed pork, pork belly with sweet and sour sauce with honey, thyme and vinegar, accompanied by chickpeas paste, chicken with coarsely ground barley and swordfish with berry sauce, are only some of antiquity’s recipes showing that...
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The Spare Greek Diet Of WWII
Few Greeks are left to remember what happened 72 years ago this month, when, after the Greek Army repulsed the invading Italians at the start of World War II, Nazi troops invaded the country on April 6, 1941 and...
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The Greek Diet: Let Them Eat Expired Food
Well, if this doesn’t take the week-old stale cake! Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, of the caviar-and-champagne caste that runs Greece and has never missed a 5-star meal, says the answer to hunger in Greece, where two million people...
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Financial Crisis Affects the Greek Diet
We often discuss about the effects that the financial crisis has had on the Greek people, especially referring to wages and pension cuts, suicides and a negative outlook of life in general. But has the crisis influenced our dietary...
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Greek recipes: Enjoying the staples of the Greek diet
Meat is not a staple of the Greek diet although festive dishes will draw[...]
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Greek-Italian Cuisine Fusion Led to the Mediterranean Diet
Italian cuisine and Greek cuisine: the history, differences and common traits in the cuisines we all love is a fascinating journey into the past, showing that there was a fusion of Greek-Italian cuisine in historical times that comes down to...
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Ten Greek Superfoods You Need In Your Diet
Greek cuisine is full of nutrient-rich superfoods.
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Vegan Diet Has Deep Roots in Traditional Greek Food
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The vegan diet, which is a huge trend across the globe, has deep roots in traditional Greek food experts say.
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Greeks Advised To Switch to Mediterranean Diet During Quarantine
Greeks currently living under the coronavirus lockdown hav been advised to eat healthily by none other than Sotiris Tsiodras, the soft-spoken scientist heading up the country's response to the epidemic.
Tsiodras, who, according to a recent poll, is the most...
Ancient Greece
The Incredibly Diverse – And Healthy – Diet of the Ancient Greeks
The diet of the ancient Greeks is fascinating for so many reasons, and they had impressively varied eating habits.
Culture
Greek Expert Discusses Olive Oil’s Central Role in the Best Diet for 2019
World-renowned Mediterranean diet expert Dr. Antonia Trichopoulou talked to a Greek audience about “Extra Virgin Olive Oil: The Secrets We All Know” at the Food Expo in Athens this spring. “We all know olive oil,” she said; “it’s in...
Economy
Greeks Return to Mediterranean Diet as a Result of the Crisis
The Greeks have turned to the Mediterranean diet as a result of the economic crisis, a new survey shows. The number of people eating in restaurants and fast food chains has dropped significantly compared to 2011. Moreover, people have...
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Mediterranean Diet: Greeks Heart-Healthy Eating Plan Disclosed
Nutritionists encourage people to focus on the Mediterranean diet, following the traditional dietary patterns that were originally inspired by the countries of Greece and Spain as well as the region Southern Italy.
According to scientists, eating primarily plant-based foods, replacing butter with healthy fats,...
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Celebrating How Greeks Eat During National Mediterranean Diet Month
Did you know that the Mediterranean Diet Pyramid as it is known today around the world, was based on the dietary traditions of Crete, Greece and southern Italy circa 1960? During that time, the rates of chronic disease in...
Ancient Greece
Mediterranean Diet and the Ancient Greeks
In the beginning there was acorn. Then, ancient Greeks said "let there be bread and wine." But this wasn't enough and so, the ingredients became fruitful and multiplied - pulse, meat, bread and oil. And the situation continued like...