Mediterranean - The Cretans
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The Mediterranean diet.
The people of Crete, the largest of the Greek islands, eat a rich variety of foods drawn from their groves and farms and the sea. They lived on a so-called Mediterranean diet long before it became a fad.
This is part of a global story shot for National Geographic and titled "The Evolution of Diet", on self-sufficient communities, their lifestyle and food habits.
Story here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au8eyrI9Ta8
And here with text @Matthieu Paley : https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/proof/2014/11/25/we-are-what-we-eat-spring-in-crete-means-a-feast-of-wild-greens/
And here : https://www.nationalgeographic.com/foodfeatures/evolution-of-diet/
The people of Crete, the largest of the Greek islands, eat a rich variety of foods drawn from their groves and farms and the sea. They lived on a so-called Mediterranean diet long before it became a fad.
This is part of a global story shot for National Geographic and titled "The Evolution of Diet", on self-sufficient communities, their lifestyle and food habits.
Story here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au8eyrI9Ta8
And here with text @Matthieu Paley : https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/proof/2014/11/25/we-are-what-we-eat-spring-in-crete-means-a-feast-of-wild-greens/
And here : https://www.nationalgeographic.com/foodfeatures/evolution-of-diet/
