It’s the time of year to celebrate the Mediterranean Diet. While the diet may be centuries old, it was the Boston-based think tank Oldways who reclaimed it and put it back on the map and onto the dinner plates of North Americans. As a dietitian, I was familiar with the research of Ancel Keys, the […]
Over the years, the word diet has come to mean an eating pattern that will likely leave you feeling deprived. But in fact, it really refers to whatever it is that you eat. The Mediterranean diet is a perfect example. It signifies the eating regime identified back in the 1950s when American scientist Ancel Keys […]
Doesn’t it seem as though, on a regular basis, one food or another is given star status as THE one that’s the key to longevity? Well forget it folks. No one food can provide a complete arsenal of weaponry to defend against illness and death. A dietary pattern, though, is a different story. And none […]
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