Few people know that the term "Mediterranean diet" was born in Poplar, a fraction of the town of Cilento inches, the village mayor's Angelo Vassallo assassinated last September. Here he settled and lived for many years the most famous nutritionist of the last century, Dr. Ancel Keys, who died a hundred years in 2004.
An important recognition of an eating style that not only satisfy the palate, it continues to be studied for the benefits it brings to health. The menu is typical of people who overlook the 'mare nostrum' has proved, in fact, a shield against a range of chronic diseases and typical of old age, as shown in a meta-analysis of the University of Florence, conduct analysis of 12 international studies about one and a half million people whose eating habits and health were monitored for periods ranging from three to 18 years. The work, published in the 'British Medical Journal', showed that a smooth accession to the dictates of the Mediterranean diet, rich in olive oil, carbohydrates, fruits, vegetables and fish, and low quantities of red meat and moderate consumption of red wine with meals, do drop by 9% overall mortality of 9% the one linked to cardiovascular causes, 13% the incidence of Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease and 6% of the tumors.
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