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ANDREW J. LINN
The Spanish are no different from other Europeans, so it gives them a shot of Schadenfreude when they hear about Britain's difficulties extracting itself from the European Union. WINE OF THE WEEK Paixar 06 Mencia As they say here, this is a 'v
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...exploit its resources to feed ourselves. The solutions for these problems are connected, say scientists, and they are now talking about a 'planetary health diet'. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF SUSTAINABLE FOOD 1 Foods which are not healthyor sustainable are a ... the one achieved about climate change in Paris. 4 The healthy diet should be based on a variety of vegetable-based foods, low amounts of meat, unsaturated fat instead of saturated and small quantities of refined foods. 5 The changes differ in each ... produces and eats better than others. Celsa Peiteado WWF "Spain could be a model of a healthy diet and extensive production"Fernando Valladares CSIC "It's harder for humans to change their diet than their religion"In the rest of the world 20 per
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ESPERANZA PELÁEZ
We live our lives continually worried about the depletion of our natural resources. Our search for new sources of nutrients has, in just a few years, seen more new foods incorporated into our diets than in the last five centuries. We now eat flowers,
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ANDREW J. LINN
Unusually, this quite limited production of only 100,000 bottles is of an age and a price that make it extremely good value. Around 14.50 euros. Dairy products are not a feature of the Mediterranean diet, nor is there an established tradition of milk and ... protein as it is composed of dairy fat with salt, but is definitely not a health food. Nutritionists insist it should not form any part of our regular diet. Even limited consumption can cause inflammation of the intestine, which in turn reduces our
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ESPERANZA PELÁEZ
...health, should we eat less? The quantity is most important. Our diet can be healthy in composition but damaging if the quantities are not kept within a minimum balance. The nutrition labelling on some products is criticised for not being clear. It ... and if the algorithm is established with scientific criteria to score the food. What do you mean by a 'healthy food'? That which forms part of a coherent and balanced structure, in other words, a healthy diet backed by scientific evidence like the ... Mediterranean diet. We also should take advantage of seasonal foods, at their best in terms of nutritional content, and grown nearby, in order to reduce the ecological footprint and to favour local producers.
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DANIEL ROLDÁN
'The Longevity Diet'. The profits from the book are being donated to the Create Cares Foundation. KEY POINTS People should eat the most natural products, but should never eat red meat If someone is overweight they should eat two meals a day plus a ... snack “Someone whose weight is correct should eat three times a day, and if they are overweight they should eat twice, although they can have a snack as well,” he says. He also advocates a fasting-type diet for four days at least twice a year, to ... cardiovascular illnesses,” he insists. Of course, all types of sugar should be eradicated from the diet. Longo, who is also the director of the Institute of Longevity at the Gerontology faculty of Southern California University, says that everything he proposes
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FERNANDO TORRES
...malaga. Clams, razor clams and cockles. The groups of humans who inhabited the Malaga coastline during the Paleolithic age had a diet which would be considered quite luxurious nowadays: it was based on the food that the sea placed within their ... years ago, during the Late Magdalenian period in Andalucía. In addition to the shellfish, the diet of the Paleolithic inhabitants of Malaga comprised vegetables and small animals which they could catch, such as hares and rabbits. With regard ... found on the coasts of the province today. The ingestion of whale meat could be anecdotal, although the archaeologists have been able to confirm at least one episode during which it formed part of the diet of the people who caught and ate shellfish.
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DOMÉNICO CHIAPPE
Association for Research into Means of Communication. The situation in neighbouring countries is similar. "Children are spending more time in front of a screen and, combined with an unhealthy diet, can increase the number of obese children""Teenagers are ... a screen. That, combined with an unhealthy diet, can increase the number of obese children". Another study attributes excessive use of screens to a progressive loss of vision. Children aged between seven and 12 have more myopia than university
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Ángel Escalera
...for their children to have a healthy diet. The campaign, which is part of the 'Valorcesto' platform, was presented in Malaga this week by the Junta's minister of Tourism and Sport, Francisco Javier Fernández; the president of the Andalusian ... campaign will focus on more than 3,000 children aged between 10 and 12, who play mini-basketball in Andalucía, through a series of activities to improve their health and a suitable diet to stop them putting on more weight than they should. As well as ... giving parents guidance about the food their children should eat, under this programme the youngsters will be given fresh fruit at the end of the games. Their diet will be studied, and if any of them need their health to be monitored this will be done
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Ángel Escalera
...people's lives. Children who don't get enough hours of sleep are at risk of putting on weight Excessive weight can be controlled and doctors know how to prevent it, but it means a change to a less sedentary lifestyle and a diet which does not include ... comes to food, this expert recommends returning to the origins of the Mediterranean diet, which is rich in pulses and fresh fruit and vegetables. He also says people should reduce their consumption of meat products and avoid processed foods. "We need to