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Climate Change’s Existential Threat to the Mediterranean Diet
Sustainability expert Arlin Wasserman outlines the threat climate change poses to crops and ingredients at the heart of the Mediterranean diet.
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For the thirty years since Harvard “discovered” how people living around the Mediterranean Sea eat and how well they live, there has been a focused effort to bring the benefits of their diet to more people.
The expansive PREDIMED (Prevención con Dieta Mediterránea) study found that the main benefits, including reduced instances of cardiovascular disease and all causes of mortality, came from having a diet rich in olives, olive oil, and tree nuts and, to a lesser extent, avoiding a host of less he…
