Nutrition

In an attempt to increase knowledge and awareness of health issues in society, the Turkish Health Ministry has launched an initiative to educate imams so they can teach and inform the people who come to their mosque for prayers on a variety of health-related topics, including sexual health. 

A new study published in the JAMA Internal Medicine journal has found that beyond being associated with a longer and healthier life, the Mediterranean diet, when supplemented with a handful of nuts, could improve the cognitive function in the elderly and postpone age-related cognitive decline.

Turkey will be caught in a "chronic disease storm" over the next 20 years, Professor Gökhan Hotam??l?gil, a world renowned geneticist, has warned.

Professor Hotam??l?gil said one third of the Turkish population is overweight, one third is clinically overweight and three percent is morbidly obese, adding problems to the country's future.

The European Commission has launched an online consultation on how science and innovation can help the EU ensuring safe, nutritious, sufficient and sustainable food globally.

A fat cat in western Turkey has shed more than five kilograms in four months after its owner hospitalized the pet.

Named "Ta? Kafa" (Stone Head), referring to a Turkish expression for a dumb person, the five-year-old cat was recently taken to the animal treatment center of Nilüfer district in the Bursa province by its owner.

The EU will allocate a total of 150 million euros to 25 member states for the fruit in schools program in the school year 2015-16. The program was begun in 2009 to reverse the declining trend in fruit and vegetable consumption and apparently should be giving school students a fruit and veggie per day at school.

Severe health porblems are often caused by insufficient consumation of water and liquids, including a risk of disruption in the functioning of the nrevous systen, thermoregulation, and alkale-acid balance. The aging processes are also activated.

A group of 22 pupils from the northern Greek city of Florina were being treated for food poisoning in a hospital in Crete over the weekend.

The pupils, who were on a 5-day school trip, were returning to Iraklio after spending the day in the western part of the island on Sunday, when a number of them displayed symptoms of gastroenteritis.

Ion Bobaru, the only pharmacist in Braila who own-handedly prepares unique medicine recipes dating from the times of our grandparents, recommends the grape marc or pomace - actually the leftovers of grape pulp, seeds and peels after the preparation of wine - as a revolutionary anti-aging natural remedy, a real powerhouse of antioxidants.

A healthy diet requires in the first place knowing what the main food groups are, as well as their caloric and nutritional values, says Nicolae Hancu, PhD, Professor, who argues that one of the most broadly known and used methods that help the good functioning of the body is the 'food pyramid'.

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