{"id":542,"date":"2014-06-10T00:05:14","date_gmt":"2014-06-10T00:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theyummybull.com\/?p=542"},"modified":"2021-12-15T00:40:09","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T00:40:09","slug":"mediterranean-diet-past-and-present","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theyummybull.com\/en\/2014\/06\/10\/mediterranean-diet-past-and-present\/","title":{"rendered":"Mediterranean Diet: past, present and future"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elena Fernandez<\/em><\/p>\n

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 <\/strong>A few months ago I was lucky enough to be invited as a speaker to the University of Washington Public Health School to talk about The Yummy Bull project. My mini talk was part of another conference, Marketing the Mediterranean Diet, <\/em>presented by Ana Mar\u00eda G\u00f3mez Bravo, a UW teacher specialized in historical aspects of cooking.<\/p>\n

\"Charla<\/a><\/p>\n

This travel to the past was quite interesting, and a path full of discoveries for the audience.<\/p>\n

In fact, until the 16th<\/sup> century, European diet was a lot more similar among the different countries than it is today. However, drastic changes in the English diet as a result of new parceling of the land in the form of enclosures, a loss of access to farming and gardening in cities during the Industrial Revolution and a negative view of food and pleasure as a result of new Protestant views, created a culinary barrier between the North and the South of Europe that It\u00b4s being smoothed in the last decades.<\/p>\n

The most interesting carachteristic of Mediterranean Diet is that its origin comes from a crossroads of cultures including citrus and rice from Asia brought by Muslim traders and tomatoes, chilies and potatoes from the New World.<\/p>\n

Another key factor is that Mediterranean meals are made to enjoy food, better if It\u00b4s in great company as this pyramid shows:<\/p>\n

\"Mediterranean-Diet-Pyramid\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Ironically the Mediterranean Diet was the diet of the poor, who couldn\u00b4t afford buying read meat and sugar, a pricy spice in that time. Today challenges are totally different, In fact red meat consumption is so common, much more that It should be in a healthy way. Today processed foods and loss of quality to make food more profitable are the challegenes to face. Food should be healthy<\/strong>, tasty and minimally processed<\/strong> whenever possible.<\/p>\n

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The pillars of Mediterranean Diet<\/strong><\/p>\n

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