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Rioja Alavesa (Rioja Alavesa) - a district in Spain, part of the province of Alava in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. This part of Spain is famous for its wine production and is part of the DOC (Denominación de Origen Calificada) Rioja. However, not many people know that in the place of vineyards there were once olive groves...
The one-day fasting technique according to the Japanese scientist Yoshinori Osumi received the Nobel Prize in medicine and physiology back in 2016. Osumi himself is now 73 years old and he is healthy. He devoted his whole life to the phenomenon of autophagy. This is the process of processing the cell own components. It was first described in 1963, but...
Growing an olive is not as easy as it sounds. Oliva does not grow and does not bear fruit itself, unless a person makes maximum efforts. Young trees begin to bear fruit for 3-4 years; adult olives can produce from 50 to 100, sometimes up to 150 kg of olives. Olives are harvested from late October and all of November. Harvesting...
The Spanish province of Jaen and its eponymous capital is the world leader in the production of olive oil. It is located in the south of the country at the foot of the mountain of Santa Catalina. Olives ripen under the hot Andalusian sun. The Romans, Arabs and Christians fought for the right to own this ancient city. It seems...
New evidence suggests that a nutritional scheme, consisting mainly of plant foods with low and moderate amounts of fish and poultry, makes it more likely to be independent and healthy in old age. A British study found that people who conscientiously followed the Mediterranean diet were generally 50% less likely to become brittle in old age than those who neglect...
Have you ever noticed that sometimes the appetite is out of control and we can not get enough? This is a signal that you eat wrong. American scientists say: Mediterranean-style diet, that includes olive oil, nuts, avocados, salmon, tuna, quinoa, regulates your appetite. The fact is that these foods have a positive effect on the hormones that our appetite depends on....
Daily consumption of extra virgin olive oil can increase the absorption of compounds with anti-cancer properties. There is a nuance: with olive oil you should cook your vegetables. Why? There are such substances as carotenoids. Plants need carotenoids to absorb solar energy. They make tomatoes red, oranges orange, etc. Among them, the well-known beta-carotene, is the main defender of human immune...
Studies in thousands of adults have emphasized the protective role of the Mediterranean diet from obesity of the abdominal cavity and other metabolic disorders. But the number of studies on adolescents has always been disappointingly low. This took care in Greece. The study, which was published in the European Journal of Clinical Investigations, showed that adherence to the Mediterranean diet...