Mediterranean Diet and Diabetes Dietitian – Nutritionist Fotini Mavropoulou writes to us about Diabetes and the effect of the Mediterranean diet on diabetic patients. What is Diabetes: Diabetes mellitus is a common metabolic disease characterized by high blood glucose (sugar) levels. In diabetes, the body produces less or no insulin or uses insulin inefficiently. Increased…
Christening Favors Cretanthos’s Christening Favors gift packages are an ideal choice for christening or wedding favors. This favor will impress your guests. A special and useful gift that will give notes and flavors of Greece to your party. Cretanthos Bio EVOO 100ml product is Cretan, Organic Extra virgin olive oil of excellent quality. A 100ml…
Antioxidants: Everything we need to know! By Danae Evlogimenou Dietitian Nutritionist (MSc) What are antioxidants? Antioxidants are substances that have the ability to control or eliminate active forms of oxygen (Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS)) and nitrogen (Reactive Nitrogen Species (RNS)) or free radicals known to the general public. With the above property, antioxidants exert their…
Mediterranean diet foods that activate the metabolism for weight loss The Nutritionist – Clinical Dietitian Christiana Abatzi We all know that the Mediterranean Diet is for many the best way to eat around the world. So, with this kind of model, we can help our body to activate its metabolism and reach with proper guidance…
Cretanthos Estate Olive Oil Tasting The weather is softening and our estate is opening its doors again. In Angeliana, Mylopotamos, a village in Rethymno, Crete, we have created a space that can offer you unique experiences. To introduce you to the secrets of olive oil, olive culture and Cretan culture. Here, in nature, the rhythms…
Good fats and their role in our diet Despina Palamas Clinical Dietitian / Nutritionist Fat is one of the main constituents of macronutrients. One gram of fat yields 9kcal, making it the most energy-intensive ingredient in the diet. Carbohydrates and proteins from 4 calories per gram. Unsaturated fatty acids Good fats are called unsaturated fats…
Mediterranean diet and cancer prevention By Dimitra Kyriakopoulou Dietitian – Nutritionist (BSc) Antioxidant foods that we must include in our daily diet. Today’s lifestyle and lack of exercise lead modern man to have increased rates of obesity and the occurrence of metabolic syndrome, thus increasing the risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer. sedentary lifestyle, alcohol…
“Key” foods of the Mediterranean Diet By Despina Christodoulou Dietitian – Nutritionist (BSc) The Mediterranean Diet is a dietary pattern that is directly related to the way of life of the peoples of the Mediterranean. It consists mainly of pure and not at all processed foods. Seasonality and the consumption of traditional and local food…