The Traditional Diet of Greece Souvlaki, The Greek Hamburger.
Photo courtesy of Debliteck Ltd We’ve been to Italy; now let’s
go to Greece, another supposed bastion of health with its
“Mediterranean Diet”. From Athena to Athens and the Parthenon to
the Pantheon, let’s explore what the country that brought us
Zeus can bring to our table. History and Geography of Greece:
Starting around 2700 BCE, Greece was home to some of the first
advanced civilizations in Europe, namely the Minoans, who
survived on the island of Crete until around 1450 BCE. Around
this time, Mycenaeans invaded from the mainland, defeating the
Minoans, and then later declined (supposedly to the Dorians) at
the start of the Greek Dark Ages. After the Dark Ages, in which
nothing of note happened other than the decline of art,
language, and archeology, came the period known as Ancient
Greece, with which most Westerners are most familiar. Beginning
between 1000 and 750 BCE (depending on who you ask), this period
contributed the names with which we