Learning From Other Cultures
What can we learn from other cultures about food and nutrition? Some countries share our love for food yet manage to avoid our epidemic of obesity. How do they do it? By studying how other cultures eat, we can gain some useful (and tasty) ideas to adapt to our own needs.
• Meet Contilo from Paros and learn how the Mediterranean diet combines a zest for good food with healthful eating and long lives.
• Discover from the Japanese that eating is a feast for the eyes as well as the stomach.
• Discover the roots of Mexican food and explore its healthy ingredients.
• Learn the Chinese concept of a balanced meal that involves a blend of tastes and textures as well as the yin and yang of the foods.
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