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Olive Oil: 101

Olive oil is made from the pressing or milling of olives, a fruit that grows on trees in temperate to tropical climates. How to use, how to store and fun fact.
Vía Fox News el día 2011-09-12
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A Drink a Day Cuts Disease Risk

A drink a day may keep women healthy as they age, a new study suggests. Harvard researchers analyzed more than 30 years of data on the drinking habits of nearly 14,000 women who were mostly in their 50s at the study's onset.
Vía US News el día 2011-09-07
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Elevated homocysteine levels increase the risk of stroke in obese

The Biomedical Research Center Network-Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition (CIBERobn) call for the Mediterranean Diet as a preventive measure against any type of stroke because it is known that the Mediterranean Diet is a heathy diet that reduces the production of myocardial infarction and stroke although the exact reasons are ...
Vía Europa Press el día
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Diabetes: the most preventable disease is the most dificult to avoid

A massive study demonstrates that lifestyle changes reduced by 80% the risk of a chronic disease that affects 10% of the Spanish population. The number of diabetics in Spain is around 10% (percentage that matches the U.S. study) that has risen nearly four points in the last ten years and ...
Vía Publico el día 2011-09-06
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Fast Food Tax in Portugal

You may soon find a tax applied on fast food in Portugal, apparently, the Dean of the College of Physicians of the country has proposed to the Minister of Health the creation of a new tax levied on foods that are considered unhealthy, them being either fast food, snacks, prepared ...
Vía Gastronomía & Cía el día 2011-09-05
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Italy further and further from the Mediterranean Diet

Italian tables are increasingly further from the Mediterranean Diet that put the "Bel Paese" in world cuisine, as an ingredeint is imposed with force at meals -excess-, practiced especially by children, on their way to being the obese of tomorrow. (story in Spanish)
Vía Ansa el día 2011-09-04
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Mediterranean Diet Linked to Reduced Risk of Premature Death

Individuals who adhere to a Mediterranean diet and other healthy lifestyle habits may have a reduced risk of premature death, according to a new study.
Vía Natural Standard el día 2011-09-05
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Virgin olive oil and nuts reverse atherosclerosis

A Mediterranean Diet enriched with virgin olive oil or nuts may reverse atherosclerosis in the carotid arteries in the timeframe of a year, according to a study conducted by the University of Navarra and nineteen centres with 187 volunteers. (story in Spanish)
Vía La Vanguardia el día 2011-08-31
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Spanish children have “poor” breakfasts due to parents having inadequate nutritional information

Spanish children eat "poor" breakfasts due to the fact that their parents lack adequate nutrition information to teach them how to have a balanced breakfast. This was evidenced by a study carried out this summer by Consumer Eroski with the participation of 4,300 consumers. (story in Spanish)
Vía Europa Press el día 2011-08-30
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Easy-to-find healthy foods

Essentially, they are those which make up the Mediterranean diet: oily fish, green vegetables, fresh fruit and olive oil.
Vía Vancouver Sun el día 2011-08-30
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