"Checking the (olive) oil"

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Checking the (olive) oil
at http://www.washtimes.com/metro/20060501-090739-9243r.htm

Interesting post, I think that the Mediterranean diet is beneficial,
but a little vague, making it difficult to maintain the discipline.

--
Ron

Ron Peterson said:

Quoted message said:

Checking the (olive) oil
at http://www.washtimes.com/metro/20060501-090739-9243r.htm

Interesting post, I think that the Mediterranean diet is beneficial,
but a little vague, making it difficult to maintain the discipline.

No, I think it is just you and the other Kooks on these ngs that are
simply amazed at just how easy it is to eat a Mediterranean-style diet.

Mediterranean sea front property is optional. 🙂

Quoted message said:

Checking the (olive) oil
at http://www.washtimes.com/metro/20060501-090739-9243r.htm

Strange article, saying almost nothing, and inaccurate in what it says, as:

/QUOTE ON/
Often called Greece's gold, olive oil varies in quality according to
climate and soil conditions. The country is said to be the largest
producer of the olive oil worldwide, with nearly a fifth of a ton
exported to Italy and Spain annually, both of them also heavy producers.
/QUOTE OFF/

It is well known that Spain is the largest producer of olive oil
worldwide, see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_oil#Global_olive_oil_market

Also, how ridicule the sentence "with nearly a fifth of a ton exported
to Italy and Spain annually"; why would the journalist mention such a
low amount as 200kg as being significative? Maybe her name Ann Geracimos
points to a Greek descent? Anyway, she is quite bad with numbers.

--
Javi

Javi said:

Quoted message said:

Checking the (olive) oil
at http://www.washtimes.com/metro/20060501-090739-9243r.htm

Strange article, saying almost nothing, and inaccurate in what it says, as:

Oh, really?

Try the following quotes.

"The latest report comes out of New York's Columbia University Medical
Center, where scientists have found that reliance on vegetables,
legumes, fruits, cereals and fish, but little meat, dairy and alcohol
-- the essence of a low-fat Mediterranean-style diet --could help ward
off Alzheimer's disease by 40 percent."

"Spain produces an enormous amount of olive oil and competes with Italy
on the world market, but 'Mediterranean diet' will forever be linked to
Greece because of the work done on Crete, an island that is part of
Greece."

"As noted by Dr. Dimitrios Trichopoulos, a professor of epidemiology at
the Harvard School of Public Health, and his wife, Dr. Antonia
Trichopoulou, a director of the World Health Organization's Center for
Nutrition in Greece, the presence of fiber in most traditional Greek
foods is a positive contribution to health."

"'All our magic bullets seem to be duds; it is total lifestyle,' says
Fergus Clydesdale, head of the Food Science Department at the
University of Massachusetts at Amherst. 'I'm not in the camp that says
you should only have monounsaturated foods. We can have some
polyunsaturated fats in there as well.'"

"Dr. Angelo Acquista of New York's Lenox Hill Hospital provides a good
overview of the subject in his book 'The Mediterranean Prescription,'
laying out the scientific basis for adoption of a diet derived from
that region. The book's title was inspired by his habit of writing out
his Sicilian relatives' recipes for patients on his medical
prescription pad. "

"At the top of Dr. Acquista's chart of daily necessities is 'physical
activity' followed by 'whole grains' and then, down the line, 'quality
time with family and friends.' The most beneficial vegetables, he says,
belong to the cruciferous family -- broccoli rabe, kale, arugula,
sprouts, etc. -- 'so-named,' he writes, 'because of the cross-shaped
arrangement of their flower petals.' "
--
John Gohde,
Achieving good Nutrition is an Art, NOT a Science!

The nutrition of eating a healthy diet is a biological factor of the
mind-body connection. Now, weighing in at 18 web pages, the
Nutrition of a Healthy Diet is with more documentation and
sharper terminology than ever before.
http://naturalhealthperspective.com/food/

Javi <[email hidden]> wrote in part:

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Strange article, saying almost nothing, and inaccurate in what it says

It was written by a journalist.
--
Jim Chinnis Warrenton, Virginia, USA [email hidden]