What to Eat and Drink for the Rest of Your Life
“It’s the first study to specifically examine the effects of the diet centered around vegetables, fruits, fish, whole grains, nuts, olive oil and a moderate amount of alcohol, with limited consumption of red meat, sweets and refined grains like white bread or white rice — on the brain’s small blood vessels.”
— The Mediterranean diet continues to be the 2008 Michael Phelps of healthy eating. And since we’re being a little experimental this week, would anyone be interested in an olive oil-themed day? (Possibly inside a similarly health-, food-, or brains-themed week?) Recipes, stories, found photographs of olive oil-bottle estate jewelry? Recollections of Popeye? Let us know if you have something.