Do you know that metabolic syndrome is characterized by multiple disorders simultaneously? To speak of metabolic syndrome in fact is required various metabolic disorders presence, each of which is itself a known risk factor for developing cardiovascular disease. More specifically, it is necessary there was at least three of these risk factors: High amounts of abdominal adipose tissue (which can be quantified by measuring the waist circumference): are considered pathological measures exceeding 94 cm in men and 80 cm in women). Reduced cholesterol (HDL, the “good cholesterol”): less than 40 mg / dl (men) and less than 50 mg /…

All of you have probably already heard of “Mediterranean diet”, but do you know what really is it? The Mediterranean diet is a nutritional model inspired by the traditional dietary patterns of the Mediterranean (particularly of Italy, Greece, Spain and Morocco). The merit of his discovery was of Ancel Keys, an American nutritionist as he was in the ‘50s to realize that Mediterranean populations were developing certain diseases less frequently than Americans. Keys promoted extensive research, called “Seven Countries Study” to test the hypothesis that the Mediterranean diet was able to prevent some diseases (especially metabolic and cardiovascular diseases) and…

Surely you happened to buy a food, without special reasons, but only because you liked it. But we try to understand what it means .. The taste is difficult to describe in words and it is more tied to the images, smells, and the organoleptic characteristics of what we eat, that is, to those food properties that meet our senses. If you liked that food you will certainly come back to buy it back. Obviously buying what we eat is however dependent on many reasons and not just from the taste. A special pack may prompt us to choose one…

The term “ingredients” means all those substances present within a food. It is ‘important the label of a product are indicated all the ingredients used. Also the way in which they are listed within this label is not absolutely random in fact the first of the list is the most present, while the last is less present. Typically the first three ingredients indicated are the most important, so, if at  the first places we find low-quality ingredients, that means the whole product is of poor quality. Glancing at the list of ingredients we can carefully evaluate what we are eating…

You often hear about the importance of following a healthy balanced diet, paying attention to both the quantity and the quality of food. But what precisely means “quality food?” A nutritious food? Calorie? Tasty? Healthy? When we talk about quality of food we do not mean something vague or uncertain; it has many as-pects and are all taken into account in order to speak of a correct way of relating to what we eat. What is certain is that each food has to be safe for our health. Today it is widely recognized that it is possible to reduce the…