scholarly journals Perceções de utilização do conceito de Dieta Mediterrânica, potencial utilização indevida e perspetivas a explorar = Perceptions of use of the concept of Mediterranean diet, potential misuse and prospects to explore

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helena Real ◽  
Pedro Graça
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Mediterranean Diet ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Food Advertising ◽  
Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽  
Economic Policies ◽  
Future Perspectives ◽  
Cultural Model ◽  
The Mediterranean

Resumo: Introdução: A distinção da Dieta Mediterrânica como Património Cultural Imaterial da Humanidade pela UNESCO permitiu intensificar a investigação e comunicação deste modelo cultural, realçando o interesse em utilizá-lo em diversas áreas. Objetivos: Identificar perceções sobre a utilização do conceito de Dieta Mediterrânica, a potencial utilização indevida e elencar perspetivas a explorar. Metodologia: Foram aplicados treze questionários semiestruturados a personalidades representativas da Dieta Mediterrânica, do AlgarvePortugal. O áudio das entrevistas foi gravado, transcrito, codificado tematicamente e analisado. Resultados: Os entrevistados consideram haver utilização do conceito, nomeadamente nas áreas: Agricultura/agronomia, Ambiente, Alimentação, Convivialidade, Cultura, Economia, Farmacêutica, Política, Saúde e Turismo. Identificaram como potenciais utilizações indevidas situações em áreas como alimentação, gastronomia, indústria alimentar e publicidade a alimentos. Como perspetivas de exploração futura referiu-se ser necessário investir em agronomia e sustentabilidade; alimentação, saúde e políticas económicas; certificação e regulação do uso do conceito; cultura e turismo e educação e comunicação do conceito. Conclusões: Será importante promover uma reflexão global e uma uniformização de linguagem para uma comunicação mais eficaz da Dieta Mediterrânica; promover medidas que visem minimizar as atuais utilizações indevidas do conceito, que impedem uma comunicação de qualidade; promover a sua melhor utilização para que se possa promover e salvaguardar este conceito.Palavras-Chave: Análise qualitativa; Dieta Mediterrânica; Perspetivas futuras; Utilização indevida do conceito; Utilização do conceito.Abstract: Introduction: The distinction of the Mediterranean Diet as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO has made it possible to intensify the research and communication of this cultural model, highlighting the interest in using it in several areas. Objectives: To identify perceptions about the Mediterranean Diet concept use, potential misuse and to list prospects to explore. Methodology: Thirteen semi-structured questionnaires were applied to personalities representative of the Mediterranean Diet, from Algarve-Portugal. The interview audio was recorded, transcribed, thematically coded and analyzed. Results: Interviewees consider using the concept, especially in the areas: Agriculture/agronomy, Environment, Food, Conviviality, Culture, Economy, Pharmaceuticals, Politics, Health and Tourism. They identified as potential undue uses situations in areas such as food, gastronomy, food industry and food advertising. As prospects for future exploration, it was necessary to invest in agronomy and sustainability; food, health and economic policies; certification and regulation of the use of the concept; culture and tourism and education and communication of the concept. Conclusions: It will be important to promote a global reflection and a standardization of language for a more effective communication of the Mediterranean Diet; promote measures aimed at minimizing the current misuse of the concept, which impedes quality communication; promote its best use so that it can be promoted and safeguarded.Keywords: Qualitative analysis; Mediterranean Diet; Future perspectives; Concept misuse; Concept use.

scholarly journals The Manifestations of Mediterranean Diet in Egyptian Intangible Cultural Heritage

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 206-229
Author(s):  
Mohamed Amer ◽  
Azza Abdel Maksood
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Mediterranean Diet ◽  
Intangible Cultural Heritage

scholarly journals Science and Healthy Meals in the World: Nutritional Epigenomics and Nutrigenetics of the Mediterranean Diet

Nutrients ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 1748 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabio Caradonna ◽  
Ornella Consiglio ◽  
Claudio Luparello ◽  
Carla Gentile
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Diet ◽  
Disease Risk ◽  
Cooking Methods ◽  
Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽  
Protective Effects ◽  
Positive Health ◽  
Food Components ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Scientific Topic

The Mediterranean Diet (MD), UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, has become a scientific topic of high interest due to its health benefits. The aim of this review is to pick up selected studies that report nutrigenomic or nutrigenetic data and recapitulate some of the biochemical/genomic/genetic aspects involved in the positive health effects of the MD. These include (i) the antioxidative potential of its constituents with protective effects against several diseases; (ii) the epigenetic and epigenomic effects exerted by food components, such as Indacaxanthin, Sulforaphane, and 3-Hydroxytyrosol among others, and their involvement in the modulation of miRNA expression; (iii) the existence of predisposing or protective human genotypes due to allelic diversities and the impact of the MD on disease risk. A part of the review is dedicated to the nutrigenomic effects of the main cooking methods used in the MD and also to a comparative analysis of the nutrigenomic properties of the MD and other diet regimens and non-MD-related aliments. Taking all the data into account, the traditional MD emerges as a diet with a high antioxidant and nutrigenomic modulation power, which is an example of the “Environment-Livings-Environment” relationship and an excellent patchwork of interconnected biological actions working toward human health.

scholarly journals Mediterranean diet pyramid today. Science and cultural updates

2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (12A) ◽  
pp. 2274-2284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Bach-Faig ◽  
Elliot M Berry ◽  
Denis Lairon ◽  
Joan Reguant ◽  
Antonia Trichopoulou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Mediterranean Diet ◽  
Dietary Pattern ◽  
Mediterranean Region ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Graphic Representation ◽  
Mediterranean Populations ◽  
Cultural Elements ◽  
The Mediterranean

AbstractObjectiveTo present the Mediterranean diet (MD) pyramid: a lifestyle for today.DesignA new graphic representation has been conceived as a simplified main frame to be adapted to the different nutritional and socio-economic contexts of the Mediterranean region. This review gathers updated recommendations considering the lifestyle, dietary, sociocultural, environmental and health challenges that the current Mediterranean populations are facing.Setting and SubjectsMediterranean region and its populations.ResultsMany innovations have arisen since previous graphical representations of the MD. First, the concept of composition of the ‘main meals’ is introduced to reinforce the plant-based core of the dietary pattern. Second, frugality and moderation is emphasised because of the major public health challenge of obesity. Third, qualitative cultural and lifestyle elements are taken into account, such as conviviality, culinary activities, physical activity and adequate rest, along with proportion and frequency recommendations of food consumption. These innovations are made without omitting other items associated with the production, selection, processing and consumption of foods, such as seasonality, biodiversity, and traditional, local and eco-friendly products.ConclusionsAdopting a healthy lifestyle and preserving cultural elements should be considered in order to acquire all the benefits from the MD and preserve this cultural heritage. Considering the acknowledgment of the MD as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO (2010), and taking into account its contribution to health and general well-being, we hope to contribute to a much better adherence to this healthy dietary pattern and its way of life with this new graphic representation.

Notions of region and the Mediterranean diet in food advertising

2005 ◽  
Vol 107 (2) ◽  
pp. 74-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jackie Cannon
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Diet ◽  
Food Advertising ◽  
The Mediterranean

Nutritional and Cultural Aspects of the Mediterranean Diet

2012 ◽  
Vol 82 (3) ◽  
pp. 157-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lluis Serra-Majem ◽  
Anna Bach-Faig ◽  
Blanca Raidó-Quintana
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Mediterranean Diet ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
Eating Pattern ◽  
Beneficial Effects ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Health Model

The recent recognition by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) of the Mediterranean diet as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity reinforces, together with the scientific evidence, the Mediterranean diet as a cultural and health model. The Mediterranean diet has numerous beneficial effects on among others the immune system, against allergies, on the psyche, or even on quality of life, topics that are currently fields of research. The Mediterranean diet has an international projection; it is regarded as the healthiest and the most sustainable eating pattern on the planet and is a key player in the public health nutrition field globally, but especially in the Mediterranean area. Moreover, this ancient cultural heritage should be preserved and promoted from different areas: public health, agriculture, culture, politics, and economic development.

From the Mediterranean Diet to theDiaita: The Epistemic Making of a Food Label

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 573-595
Author(s):  
Antonio José Marques da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Mediterranean Diet ◽  
Food Label ◽  
Rights Protection ◽  
Cultural Organization ◽  
Property Rights Protection ◽  
Identity Based ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Holistic Conception

Abstract:The Mediterranean Diet was one of the first food-related nominations on the international cultural heritage list. By introducing the concepts of “epistemic community” and “governmentality” to analyze this heritagization process, I will evaluate the participation and consent of “the Mediterranean people” and their belief in a common identity based in a holistic conception of this food tradition—the so-calleddiaita. My goal is to demonstrate that the inscription’s proposal was motivated first by a long-term strategy aimed at promoting an “umbrella brand” of agro-food products extended to the whole Mediterranean space. Then, I will emphasize the attempt to design a model of property rights protection that is adequate for this food label, which was later presented within the realm of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization as a measure for safeguarding thediaitaas an item of intangible cultural heritage. Finally, I will argue that this claim totally omits the rights of the numerous expatriates living outside this region.

scholarly journals Mediterranean Diet

Encyclopedia ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 371-387
Author(s):  
Angelos K. Sikalidis ◽  
Anita H. Kelleher ◽  
Aleksandra S. Kristo
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Diet ◽  
Southern Italy ◽  
Rockefeller Foundation ◽  
Adult Life ◽  
Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽  
Food Pattern ◽  
Lifestyle Practices ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Of Greece ◽  
Greek Island

The Mediterranean diet is a food pattern incorporated into a set of lifestyle practices typical of Greece and Southern Italy in the early 1960s, where adult life expectancy was notably high, while rates of diet-related chronic diseases were low. The Mediterranean diet was described initially by the work of LG Allbaugh, commissioned by the Rockefeller foundation and the Greek government post-WW2 on the Greek island of Crete in 1948. The Mediterranean diet was accepted as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2013. The primary advantages of the Mediterranean diet include health benefits pertinent to cardiovascular, metabolic syndrome, and cognition.

scholarly journals Unexpected Effects on Some Spanish Cultural Landscapes of the Mediterranean Diet

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (7) ◽  
pp. 3829
Author(s):  
Pedro Tomé
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Diet ◽  
Local Knowledge ◽  
Cultural Landscapes ◽  
The Other ◽  
Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽  
Secondary Effects ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
The One ◽  
Industrial Landscapes ◽  
Environmental Inequalities

The declaration of the Mediterranean Diet as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in order to preserve a cultural and gastronomical legacy included the protection of lifestyles, knowledge, sociability, and environmental relationships. However, the patrimonialization, popularization, and globalization of a certain conception of this diet have turned it into a de-territorialized global phenomenon. As a consequence of this process, it has been necessary to notably increase the production of its ingredients to satisfy its growing demand, which, in turn, has generated “secondary effects” in some Mediterranean environments of Southeastern Spain. If, on the one hand, their wealth has increased and population has been established, on the other hand, the continuity of certain cultural landscapes linked to local knowledge and particular lifestyles has been broken, replacing them with agro-industrial landscapes exclusively at the service of production. This, at the same time, has caused social and environmental inequalities

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