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The role of the traditional Mediterranean diet in the development of Minoan Crete : archaeological, nutritional and biochemical evidence
Bibliography: pages 245-268.
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/17530 The role of the traditional Mediterranean diet in the development of Minoan Crete : archaeological, nutritional and biochemical evidence Riley, Frank Richard Atkinson, John Diets Bibliography: pages 245-268. Archaeological evidence reveals that a diet consisting of mainly of cereals, pulses and olives, supplemented by fish and with a low percentage of animal products, was consumed on Crete in the Minoan period, as it was up to this century. Modem clinical and biochemical research indicates that this traditional 'Mediterranean diet' offers certain nutritional and health benefits depending on the balances of the components - particularly relating to moderately high carbohydrate intake, low saturated (mainly animal) fatty acids and the presence of beneficial fatty acids of vegetable (especially olive) and fish origin. It has been demonstrated that intake of these latter fatty acids is associated with reduction in cardiac pathology and the development of visual and mental acuity in neonatal infants. Beneficial effects in certain cancers and auto-immune diseases are also being investigated. Lipid analyses of samples of Cretan olive oil and Aegean fish (identified taxonomically from faunal remains and Minoan frescoes) confirm good levels of both essential and other dietary fatty foods. An assessment of the nutritional benefits of the Minoan diet and its possible role in the development of Minoan Crete are investigated, using archaeological, demographic, biochemical and skeletal evidence. 2016-03-07T04:10:45Z 2016-03-07T04:10:45Z 1997 Doctoral Thesis Doctoral PhD http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17530 eng application/pdf Classical Studies Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Diets Riley, Frank Richard The role of the traditional Mediterranean diet in the development of Minoan Crete : archaeological, nutritional and biochemical evidence |
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| title | The role of the traditional Mediterranean diet in the development of Minoan Crete : archaeological, nutritional and biochemical evidence |
| title_full | The role of the traditional Mediterranean diet in the development of Minoan Crete : archaeological, nutritional and biochemical evidence |
| title_fullStr | The role of the traditional Mediterranean diet in the development of Minoan Crete : archaeological, nutritional and biochemical evidence |
| title_full_unstemmed | The role of the traditional Mediterranean diet in the development of Minoan Crete : archaeological, nutritional and biochemical evidence |
| title_short | The role of the traditional Mediterranean diet in the development of Minoan Crete : archaeological, nutritional and biochemical evidence |
| title_sort | role of the traditional mediterranean diet in the development of minoan crete archaeological nutritional and biochemical evidence |
| topic | Diets |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17530 |
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