A new study that rated the diet of 1,059 people in Greece has found that an ‘anti-inflammatory’ diet of fruit, vegetables, legumes, tea and coffee lowers the risk of developing dementia later in life by a third.
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Greek yoghurt has a reputation of being a health food ingredient and can be used in a variety of dishes, cooked or raw, savoury, or sweet. Making Greek yoghurt at home is simple with our easy homemade Greek yoghurt recipe.
Artichokes are a 3,000-year-old detox secret, highly prized over the centuries for its potent medicinal properties. The Ancient Greeks valued this rare, edible blossom that it was known as ‘food for the Gods’ and reserved for the aristocratic alone. Modern research confirms just how right ancient healers were about the medicinal powers of this thorny, armoured vegetable with the sweet, sensual heart.
The artichoke abounds in almost every part of Greece as well as the culinary imagination of Greeks from all over the country, so it is very easy to incorporate this healthy vegetable into your diet – such as our easy Greek Arnaki with Artichokes recipe.
Not just the most popular salad in Greece, the Greek salad is the most loved salad in the world, proven to help maintain a healthy body and mind.
If we invited for dinner some of the most important minds of ancient Greece, such…
Ways to combat lockdown weight gain, and actually reverse it.
Can you really get an hourglass figure? Do waist trainers work? Is weightlifting the key to a curvier body shape? This article investigates…
Dr Simpson says that ‘Our notions about food and how the body works typically aren’t as good as what we think they are’ and he couldn’t be closer to the truth. Watch Part 2 PART 2 of our chat with Dr Terry Simpson on our GCT YouTube Channel Virtual Chat series.
Dr Terry Simpson is an expert in Culinary Medicine (a new discipline in the medical field) and is a big believer in the Mediterranean Diet as a FIRST step to try and address the symptoms of being overweight, being obese and PCOS. His motto is, “you gotta be able to cook, otherwise losing weight will be near impossible”. Watch the interview here.
Having a healthy immune system has never been so important. Read on for some simple lifestyle choices that can easily be incorporated into your daily routine.
Olive oil is always ‘seated’ at the Greek family table. Not to mention it also…
Greek Australian fitness queen Kayla Itsines has revealed her favourite snack that only requires five…
What exactly did Hippocrates, the Greek founder of western medicine, really have to say about food and health? Let’s find out!
There’s nothing worse than feeling sick to the stomach because of your stomach day in…
Restricting certain food intake through Lent helps to restrict and to balance the mind and metabolism with self-control and to reinforce the need for remorse, repent and confession and forgiveness in order for the body’s cleansing and the soul’s serenity and purification.
Greek Australian fitness queen Kayla Itsines has revealed her go-to meal for either lunch or…
First cultivated in 3500BC, olive oil – or “liquid gold” as Homer called it, was not only used in trade, but as medicine as well. A great anti-inflammatory and powerful antioxidant, there is no denying the powerful health benefits of olive oil.
Is your sugar consumption ruining your skin and overruling the health (and anti ageing) benefits that the Mediterranean diet is so famous for? This article lays bare the damaging effects of sugar on the skin.
Dr Norman Swan recently spoke to the Today Show promoting his new book ‘So You…
