The Mediterranean diet
Subtitle: wine, pasta, olive oil, and a long, healthy life
By: by Carol and Malcolm McConnell.
Contributors: McConnell, Malcolm.
Publisher: Norton
Published: 1987
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Nutrition.; Longevity.; Diet -- Mediterranean Region.; Cookery, Mediterranean.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 201-211.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Health, diet, and the Mediterranean triad. The Mediterranean triad -- Diet and health in the Mediterranean world -- Diet and disease : what science knows -- The food of the Mediterranean world. Whole grains and cereals : the true staff of life -- The olive -- Grapes and wine -- Traditional vegetables and fruits -- Fish and fish oil -- Garlic and onions -- Stress, leisure, and food. Stress and leisure -- Coping with daily stress -- Adopting and adapting the triad diet -- Mediterranean-style menus and recipes.