The Mediterranean Diet
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- Author：Catherine Itsiopoulos
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Summary
This beautifully photographed book is your complete guide to the world's most famous， effective and sustainable diet by one of Australia's leading researchers。
The Mediterranean Diet is the diet on which others are based。 Its positive health effects have been rigorously tested for more than 60 years， and the results are clear。 The diet has been proven to prevent heart disease and diabetes， help with weight management， slow the progress of Alzheimer's and promote longevity。
Dr Catherine Itsiopoulos has spent her working life researching the diet。 Drawing on the food traditions of her Greek heritage， Dr Itsiopoulos provides 80 delicious recipes， eating plans and nutritional advice， as well as sharing the evidence as to why this diet is the gold standard of healthy eating。
Sustainable， satisfying and suitable for the whole family， this is a diet for life， one that celebrates the pleasures of food as much as it promotes long-term good health and wellbeing。
The Mediterranean Diet is the diet on which others are based。 Its positive health effects have been rigorously tested for more than 60 years， and the results are clear。 The diet has been proven to prevent heart disease and diabetes， help with weight management， slow the progress of Alzheimer's and promote longevity。
Dr Catherine Itsiopoulos has spent her working life researching the diet。 Drawing on the food traditions of her Greek heritage， Dr Itsiopoulos provides 80 delicious recipes， eating plans and nutritional advice， as well as sharing the evidence as to why this diet is the gold standard of healthy eating。
Sustainable， satisfying and suitable for the whole family， this is a diet for life， one that celebrates the pleasures of food as much as it promotes long-term good health and wellbeing。
Reviews
Mark Clarkson
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Lots of nice recipes
Samantha
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I had read this previously， but this was the first time I'd re-read and tried the recipes。 I bought all the ingredients for three recipes - and 2 out of 3 were awful！ To the point where they were inedible。 It's surprising because the author's second cookbook is one of my favourites， it's well-thumbed and stained from so much use！ I'm assuming since the author isn't a chef， but a nutrition expert on the mediterranean diet， she struggled to write recipes accurately in this first book。 At least her I had read this previously， but this was the first time I'd re-read and tried the recipes。 I bought all the ingredients for three recipes - and 2 out of 3 were awful！ To the point where they were inedible。 It's surprising because the author's second cookbook is one of my favourites， it's well-thumbed and stained from so much use！ I'm assuming since the author isn't a chef， but a nutrition expert on the mediterranean diet， she struggled to write recipes accurately in this first book。 At least her second book is a huge improvement， not only in terms of recipes but overall presentation such as layout and food photography。 I'd recommend everyone skip this one and stick to 'The Mediterranean Cookbook' by the same author。 。。。more
Elinor Hurst
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I enjoyed this book， which was a short read， but an informative one。 Apparently early Greek migrants to Australia continued to eat their traditional diet in their new country， and enjoyed longer lifespans and resistance to traditional western diseases as a result。 I wasn't aware of this， although I was aware that the first generation Italian and Greek migrants did a lot of home vegetable gardening， wine making and traditional cooking。 Catherine Itsiopoulos is a descendant of that culture and a d I enjoyed this book， which was a short read， but an informative one。 Apparently early Greek migrants to Australia continued to eat their traditional diet in their new country， and enjoyed longer lifespans and resistance to traditional western diseases as a result。 I wasn't aware of this， although I was aware that the first generation Italian and Greek migrants did a lot of home vegetable gardening， wine making and traditional cooking。 Catherine Itsiopoulos is a descendant of that culture and a dietician， and hence has had an interest in the health impacts of their lifestyle。 Her research has found that the Mediterranean diet traditionally followed by Greeks leads to longer life spans， and protection against diabetes， dementia and heart disease。The Mediterranean diet is one I am attracted to， as it has a lot in common with my own vegetarian diet。 It places much more emphasis on plant foods than meat， although meat and dairy foods are consumed in modest quantities。 Itsiopoulos writes: "The ratio of plant to animal foods is considered an important measure of the 'healthiness' of a dietary pattern。 The Seven Countries Study showed that the groups with the lowest death rates from heart disease or any cause consumed a diet with a high ratio of plant to animal foods。 The Cretan group， with a plant-to-animal-food ratio of nearly 4:1， had the lowest death rates， while the group from eastern Finland， with a plant-to-animal-food ratio of 0。6:1， had the highest death rates。 The plant to animal food ratio of Australians is thought to be around 1。5:1， very different to the diets of Cretans [and by inference， traditional eating Greek migrants]。"The book also includes diet plans and 100 pages of recipes， many of which look quite delicious。 My only concern is that the ones with rice use white rice， which surprises me as the author refers to the importance of using whole grain cereals in her dietary advice。 Never mind， I will adapt those recipes to using brown rice by ore-cooking the rice。 I am used to this， due to the ubiquity of culinary preference given to refined grains despite the incessant advice from nutrition professionals and researchers that whole grain is best。Overall， I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a delicious and relatively pain free way to improve their diet。 For those who enjoy meat and fish， there are plenty of recipes to please them as well。 。。。more
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