WORLD HERITAGE

The Mediterranean Diet has made it ​​on UNESCO´s World Heritage List.


The philosophy behind the Mediterranean diet is:


- You have to increase your daily consumption of seasonal fruits and vegetables, preferably organic.
- Use extra virgin olive oil (DOP quality).
- Half of the daily energy should come from grains, rice and maize, which is eaten in turn.
- One must use many herbs, onions, garlic, carrots and celery to make the food taste instead of just salt.
- Lower consumption of meat and replace it with beans and other protein-rich legumes and blue-fish, which contain much omega 3.


The day has three main meals and two "snacks": One in the morning and one in the afternoon.


Much research shows that the Mediterranean Diet reduces the risk of cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.

The Mediterranean Diet Guide

Good news :-D

Many figured that the Mediterranean diet was a thing of the past, but now it has achieved status again: See this page

Why the Mediterranean diet?

The Mediterranean diet.   
- Life is wonderful      

A degree in home economics contains both a practical and a theoretical part. As regards the practical part, I did the dishes you see at the image above, (click at each image to enlarge). Any eye will notice that not only vegetables are represented in the picture.

Many mistakenly believe that health, vegetables, abstinence and "self-discipline" are closely linked. But it´s a major misunderstanding: Health is very much also about pleasure, happiness and a certain lifestyle. This is precisely what the Mediterranean diet is about. Isn´t it wonderful?

A bit about my background:

Some years ago, as a bachelor of education student, one of my main subjects was home economics.

Now I've always been interested in the broad concept of health: So the Mediterranean diet was a term I would look to the bottom. Unlike the traditional Nordic diet recommendations, it involves multiple health issues. Obviously, the topic for the final examination in home economics was the Mediterranean diet.

This blog is about the knowledge I have in this area and the thoughts and studying that I'm still doing on the subject.