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Greece, land of the 12 Olympian gods may be a great
deal
different today than it was in classical times.
Yet, if you wish, you can follow a diet that the ancients
followed,
live longer feel healthier protect your self against illness
and best
of all its tasty and easy to do even today, so here is the
traditional Greek diet.
The same foods are grown there today as they always
were, and
are wholesome, promoting good health and long life.
The statures of the ancient Greek attest to their
beautiful and
strong bodies.
The ancient Greeks were known to be sexually active
into old
age and this was due to their diet.
Basics in the Greek Diet
The basics are traditional bread, made without
commercial yeast
(but use a “prozimi”, or a bit of leavened dough from the
previous
backing.
This prozimi in many cases is hundreds of years old, or
older, in
culture.
The basics are honey, olives and olive oil, fresh white
cheese
(now known as feta), the onion, garlic, natural tomato,
eggs, wine
vinegar, wine and fresh vegetables and fruits in season.
Pulses, especially the lentil, was (and is) a basic stable
of Greek
diet. Nuts also form part of the ancient Greek diet.
No Meat?
Actually in ancient times, eating meat was rare anyway.
Without
refrigeration, meat eating was reserved for some
holidays and
festivals only.
Therefore, the ancient Greek was mostly vegetarian.
This kept
them strong and healthy, without illnesses such as
cancer and
other diseases of excess (as were found in Rome).
Breakfast
An ancient Greek breakfast would, somehow similar to
today,
consist of some fresh baked bread with honey and
cheese.
The beverage of choice was a sort of tea made from
mountain
herbs (still drunk today, called tsi to vounou ).
This infusion has great antiseptic qualities, and
stimulates the
immune system. The breakfast would be hardy, as there
was no
lunch, or if there was, it was symbolic.
Snack – Hunger Breaker
The shepherds of Greece today, follow the meal that is
as old as
time. They have some hard bread, a tomato, an onion,
some
cheese (maybe but not always), and water.
It keeps the hunger at bay.
The cheese is the white Greek feta. It is a naturally low
fat
cheese, and is cured in salty water, then whey. It has a
distinctive
taste, and it packed full of available calcium, and milk
proteins.
End of the Day Meal
The day ended when the sun went down in ancient
Greece, and
the meal was a cooked one. Lentils (known as faikes) in
ancient
Greece, as modern Greece, is a culinary art. It is also
the oldest
food mentioned in the Bible.
It is the food that Jacob was cooking when he traded a
bowl of it
from Esau’s birthright. Faikes is boiled lentils with fresh
tomato,
onion, garlic, and laurel leaf.
The smell of cooking lentils awakens a great deal of
emotion in
almost any human. The taste is delicious, the nutritional
value
exceptional, and is very satisfying.
If you need to lose some weight, and detox your body
some, have
some ancient Greek food for a few days. You will not
regret it.
Author: Sacha Tarkovsky
www.ArticlesBase.com
deal
different today than it was in classical times.
Yet, if you wish, you can follow a diet that the ancients
followed,
live longer feel healthier protect your self against illness
and best
of all its tasty and easy to do even today, so here is the
traditional Greek diet.
The same foods are grown there today as they always
were, and
are wholesome, promoting good health and long life.
The statures of the ancient Greek attest to their
beautiful and
strong bodies.
The ancient Greeks were known to be sexually active
into old
age and this was due to their diet.
Basics in the Greek Diet
The basics are traditional bread, made without
commercial yeast
(but use a “prozimi”, or a bit of leavened dough from the
previous
backing.
This prozimi in many cases is hundreds of years old, or
older, in
culture.
The basics are honey, olives and olive oil, fresh white
cheese
(now known as feta), the onion, garlic, natural tomato,
eggs, wine
vinegar, wine and fresh vegetables and fruits in season.
Pulses, especially the lentil, was (and is) a basic stable
of Greek
diet. Nuts also form part of the ancient Greek diet.
No Meat?
Actually in ancient times, eating meat was rare anyway.
Without
refrigeration, meat eating was reserved for some
holidays and
festivals only.
Therefore, the ancient Greek was mostly vegetarian.
This kept
them strong and healthy, without illnesses such as
cancer and
other diseases of excess (as were found in Rome).
Breakfast
An ancient Greek breakfast would, somehow similar to
today,
consist of some fresh baked bread with honey and
cheese.
The beverage of choice was a sort of tea made from
mountain
herbs (still drunk today, called tsi to vounou ).
This infusion has great antiseptic qualities, and
stimulates the
immune system. The breakfast would be hardy, as there
was no
lunch, or if there was, it was symbolic.
Snack – Hunger Breaker
The shepherds of Greece today, follow the meal that is
as old as
time. They have some hard bread, a tomato, an onion,
some
cheese (maybe but not always), and water.
It keeps the hunger at bay.
The cheese is the white Greek feta. It is a naturally low
fat
cheese, and is cured in salty water, then whey. It has a
distinctive
taste, and it packed full of available calcium, and milk
proteins.
End of the Day Meal
The day ended when the sun went down in ancient
Greece, and
the meal was a cooked one. Lentils (known as faikes) in
ancient
Greece, as modern Greece, is a culinary art. It is also
the oldest
food mentioned in the Bible.
It is the food that Jacob was cooking when he traded a
bowl of it
from Esau’s birthright. Faikes is boiled lentils with fresh
tomato,
onion, garlic, and laurel leaf.
The smell of cooking lentils awakens a great deal of
emotion in
almost any human. The taste is delicious, the nutritional
value
exceptional, and is very satisfying.
If you need to lose some weight, and detox your body
some, have
some ancient Greek food for a few days. You will not
regret it.
Author: Sacha Tarkovsky
www.ArticlesBase.com
The Traditional Greek
Diet – Live Longer, be
Healthy & Increase your
Vitality
Diet – Live Longer, be
Healthy & Increase your
Vitality