Olive oil and pizza: - They're both great for your health - If food is our medicine, scientists are beginning to understand why. They have started to uncover the secrets of the famed Mediterranean diet and its...

Cholesterol: The Mediterranean diet reduces the risk - Forget statins – the traditional Mediterranean diet can reduce the levels of LDL cholesterol dramatically, even among people who are at high risk of h...

Olive oil could be the secret to a healthy old age - Cook with olive oil and you could ward off depression and dementia. The two new studies that make the discoveries add to the mounting evidence that a...

Mediterranean Diet: It can increase your chances of living longer - Eating a ‘true’ Mediterranean diet can increase your chances of living longer. You are 22 per cent less likely to die from any disease, and it can ev...

Oregano: powerhouse of the mediterranean diet - In your latest WDDTY (vol 14 no 10), mention is made on page 7 of the Mediterranean diet. However, oregano is not included.

The good old mediterranean diet: as opposed to the version you're prob - The Mediterranean diet has become the gold standard of diets for its health enhancing benefits Its virtues have been confirmed in a new study invo...

Minimising breast cancer risk - Maintain a healthy weight. Obesity increases your risk of postmenopausal breast cancer by 50 to 100 per cent (Am J Clin Nutrition, 1987; 45: 289). It...

Banned and Fined: The price of selling apricot seeds (and extra virgin olive oil) - Spare a thought for Jim Wright, who ran a natural products company from his home in Wales. Following two dawn raids by enforcement agencies, his busi...