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2. Mediterranean cuisine - Wikipedia

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   Some 90% of the fruit production (1996) goes into olive oil. [13] The Mediterranean region accounts for the world's highest consumption of olive oil: in 2014, the highest-consuming country, Greece, used 17 kg [a] per head; Italy, 12 kg, Spain, 13 kg; the United States for comparison used only 1 kg per head. [14]

3. Olive oil - Wikipedia

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   Virgin olive oil is a lesser grade of virgin oil, with free acidity of up to 2.0%, and is judged to have a good taste, but may include some sensory defects. Refined olive oil is virgin oil that has been refined using charcoal and other chemical and physical filters, methods which do not alter the glyceridic structure. It has a free acidity ...

4. Ancient Greek cuisine - Wikipedia

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   Vegetables were eaten as soups, boiled or mashed (ἔτνος etnos), seasoned with olive oil, vinegar, herbs or γάρον gáron, a fish sauce similar to Vietnamese nước mắm. In the comedies of Aristophanes, Heracles was portrayed as a glutton with a fondness for mashed beans. [70] Poor families ate oak acorns (βάλανοι balanoi). [71]

5. 7-Day High-Protein, Anti-Inflammatory, Mediterranean Diet ...

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   Breakfast (361 calories) 1 cup low-fat plain strained Greek-style yogurt. ¼ cup sliced almonds. ½ cup cherries. 1 serving No-Added-Sugar Chia Seed Jam. A.M. Snack (193 calories)

6. Mediterranean diet with extra olive oil 'slashes the risk of ...

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   A Mediterranean diet - with added olive oil - can reduce the risk of breast cancer in women by two-thirds, a study has suggested. The diet, which involves a combination of food groups from ...

7. Greek cuisine - Wikipedia

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   Ancient Greek cuisine was characterized by its frugality and was founded on the "Mediterranean triad": wheat, olive oil, and wine, with meat being rarely eaten and fish being more common. [14] This trend in Greek diet continued in Cyprus and changed only fairly recently when technological progress has made meat more available. [ 15 ]

8. Mediterranean staple may lower your risk of death from ... - AOL

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   Eating a little olive oil daily could lower risk of dying from dementia, according to a new study by Harvard scientists. Mediterranean staple may lower your risk of death from dementia, study ...

9. Croatian cuisine - Wikipedia

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   [1] [2] The coastal region bears the influences of Greek and Roman cuisine, as well as of the later Mediterranean cuisine, in particular Italian (especially Venetian). Coastal cuisines use olive oil, herbs and spices such as rosemary, sage, bay leaf, oregano, marjoram, cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, and lemon and orange rind. Peasant cooking ...