Baked Chicken Salad with Peanuts

May 3, 2011

If you subscribe to the website via RSS feed or twitter @mediterraneandi or Facebook, you’ll get recipes, restaurant and store coupons, helpful tips and encouragement for simplifying life and eating well sent straight to you, for free! Baked Chicken Salad with Peanuts   Ingredients: 1 frying chicken (2½ pounds), cut into quarters 1 teaspoon salt [...]

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Being Overweight and Obese In Middle Age Linked to Dementia

May 3, 2011

According to a new study, being overweight or obese during middle age, starting from ages 30-50, may increase the risk of certain dementias, including Alzheimer’s. The research is published in the latest May issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. “Currently, 1.6 billion adults are overweight or obese worldwide and [...]

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Garbanzo (chick-pea) Salad

May 2, 2011

If you subscribe to the website via RSS feed or twitter @mediterraneandi or Facebook, you’ll get recipes, restaurant and store coupons, helpful tips and encouragement for simplifying life and eating well sent straight to you, for free! Garbanzo Salad   Ingredients: 2 (15-oz) cans garbanzos (chick-peas) 3 stalks celery, sliced 1 green pepper, chopped 1 [...]

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Homemade Yogurt

May 1, 2011

The Mediterranean Diet & An Introduction to the Brain Science of Excessive Weight Gain book is due out in Spring 2011.  If you subscribe to the website via RSS feed or twitter @mediterraneandi or Facebook, you’ll get recipes, restaurant and store coupons, helpful tips and encouragement for simplifying life and eating well sent straight to [...]

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Mediterranean diet study: A heart-healthy plan for life

April 21, 2011

New study in the highly respected Journal of the American College of Cardiology shows the Mediterranean Diet is a sound recipe for healthy living The Mediterranean diet has proven beneficial effects not only regarding metabolic syndrome, but also on its individual components including waist circumference, HDL-cholesterol levels, triglycerides levels, blood pressure levels and glucose metabolism, according [...]

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Best Wines In America

April 20, 2011

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County Health Rankings – Local Health Report Cards

April 19, 2011

Local health report cards help local county officials focus their efforts on the primary issues influencing their particular neighborhoods, such as obesity and increasing exercise. It is a call to action for everyone in the country to keep up, or do better, and it helps bring communities together.   Get the Thesis Theme for WP, [...]

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The Mediterranean Diet: tweets from the stars

April 10, 2011

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You are what your mom ate

March 7, 2011

Research to be published in PNAS on March 7, provides new insight into why poor diet during pregnancy negatively affects offspring’s long term health Poor diet during pregnancy increases offspring’s vulnerability to the effects of aging, new research has shown for the first time. The research, by scientists from the University of Cambridge, provides important [...]

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Lets Move! Launch Anniversary Speech To Parents

February 10, 2011

First Lady Michelle Obama delivers a major address focused on the efforts of the Let’s Move! initiative to meet the needs of parents in Alpharetta, Georgia, on February 9, 2011.

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