Announcements
Participation of the Maniatakeion Foundation in the 6th Intergovernmental Conference on Mediterranean Diet
Friday, May 27, 2016
On Thursday 5 and Friday, May 6, 2016 the 6th Transnational Meeting of the countries that subscribed the Mediterranean Diet in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity of UNESCO took place in Naples and Pollica in Italy. Villy Fotopoulou, Director of the Modern Cultural Heritage and Intangible Cultural Heritage, Ministry of Culture and Sport, Amalia Liatou, agronomist - Ministry of Rural Development and Food and Vicky Iglezou, Director of the Maniatakeion Foundation
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The Maniatakeion Foundation participates in The Congress of Gastronomic Culture And Tourism In Days of Gastronomy "Legendary Peloponnese - Flavours with History"
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
The Gastronomic Culture & Tourism Congress on "Legendary Peloponnese - flavours with History" was successfully carried out on the 22, 23,and 24 of May in the auditorium of the Benaki Museum in the context of "Days Gastronomy" with the Peloponnese region as credited destination.
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Maniatakeion Foundation’s Participation in Training Course for the enhancement of the Mediterranean Diet and traditional foodstuff. Alexandria, March 3rd, 4th & 5th, 2015
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
More than 21 organizations from different counties such as Spain, Greece, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt, participated in the training course on “MedDiet Info Point Training” in order to increase the awareness of the Mediterranean Diet on March 3-5, 2015 in Alexandria Egypt. The training was organized by ASCAME (Association of Mediterranean Chambers of Commerce and Industry in Spain) and CEEBA (Confederation of Egyptian European Business Associations Egypt), in the framework
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Lecture By Professor Antonia Trichopoulou, Board Member Of The Maniatakeion Foundation At The Museum Of Cycladic Art On Thursday, March 5, 2015
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Professor Antonia Trihopoulou will hold a lecture on "Our traditional diet: Yesterday as a model for the future" at the Museum of Cycladic Art (4 Neophytou Douka Athens) Thursday, March 5, at 19:00.
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Greece Undertakes The Coordination For The Promotion Of The Mediterranean Diet
Friday, May 9, 2014
The Cyprus National Commission for UNESCO organized a coordination meeting for the protection and promotion of the Mediterranean Diet, between the member states which proposed the inscription of the element on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The meeting took place in Agros (Cyprus) on April 27-28, 2014.
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Researchers Say New Tool Measures Olive Oil ‘Healthfulness’
Monday, November 12, 2012
How good a specific extra virgin olive oil is for your health could be easier to assess with a new Greek system to measure and rate the content of key olive compounds oleocanthal and oleacein.
Oleocanthal has anti-inflammatory effect similar to Ibuprofen and Oleacein is a powerful antioxidant, but until now they have been difficult to analyze chemically, according to Dr. Prokopios Magiatis, assistant professor of pharmacognosy and natural products chemistry at the University of Athens.
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