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| August 25, 2010 | Mediterranean diet set for place on world heritage list | | Sydney: The Mediterranean diet is to make an entry into the UNESCO World Heritage list, which celebrates sites ranging from the Great Barrier Reef to the Tower of London. It would have a final vote in November for ranking on UNESCO's not-so-popular list of cultural
heritage, covering oral traditions, performing arts, social practices, rituals and festivals. A plate of pasta washed down with a glass of wine could join the
list of 178 not-to-be-missed cultural experiences including the tango, the polyphonic
singing of the Aka Pygmies of central Africa , and Croatian lacemaking. ''This
is a big success for our country, our dietary traditions and our culture,'' the
Sydney Morning Herald quoted Giancarlo Galan, Italian Agriculture Minister as
saying. Rolando Manfredini of the Italian farmers' lobby group Coldiretti, said:
''It makes perfect sense. Not only is this culture, but it also makes you live
longer and better''. Glenys Jones, of the British Medical Research Council's human
nutrition research unit, said four advantages gave the diet a good name: ''Fresh
fruit is traditionally the dessert, which is an excellent way of getting minerals
and vitamins. Olive oil is a monounsaturated fat and a welcome replacement for
saturated fats in cooking. ''The diet is very low in red meat but uses oily fish
which are a source of the essential fatty acid omega-3. And the fibre content
is good, too; you feel fuller and so better able to control your appetite, and
it really helps keep things moving through the digestive tract." | |
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