| Greece, land of the 12 Olympian gods may be a | | | | An ancient Greek breakfast would, somehow |
| great deal different today than it was in classical | | | | similar to today, consist of some fresh baked |
| times. | | | | bread with honey and cheese. |
| Yet, if you wish, you can follow a diet that the | | | | The beverage of choice was a sort of tea made |
| ancients followed, live longer feel healthier protect | | | | from mountain herbs (still drunk today, called tsi |
| your self against illness and best of all its tasty | | | | to vounou ). |
| and easy to do even today, so here is the | | | | This infusion has great antiseptic qualities, and |
| traditional Greek diet. | | | | stimulates the immune system. The breakfast |
| The same foods are grown there today as they | | | | would be hardy, as there was no lunch, or if there |
| always were, and are wholesome, promoting | | | | was, it was symbolic. |
| good health and long life. | | | | Snack - Hunger Breaker |
| The statures of the ancient Greek attest to their | | | | The shepherds of Greece today, follow the meal |
| beautiful and strong bodies. | | | | that is as old as time. They have some hard |
| The ancient Greeks were known to be sexually | | | | bread, a tomato, an onion, some cheese (maybe |
| active into old age and this was due to their diet. | | | | but not always), and water. |
| Basics in the Greek Diet | | | | It keeps the hunger at bay. |
| The basics are traditional bread, made without | | | | The cheese is the white Greek feta. It is a |
| commercial yeast (but use a "prozimi", or a bit of | | | | naturally low fat cheese, and is cured in salty |
| leavened dough from the previous backing. | | | | water, then whey. It has a distinctive taste, and it |
| This prozimi in many cases is hundreds of years | | | | packed full of available calcium, and milk proteins. |
| old, or older, in culture. | | | | End of the Day Meal |
| The basics are honey, olives and olive oil, fresh | | | | The day ended when the sun went down in |
| white cheese (now known as feta), the onion, | | | | ancient Greece, and the meal was a cooked one. |
| garlic, natural tomato, eggs, wine vinegar, wine | | | | Lentils (known as faikes) in ancient Greece, as |
| and fresh vegetables and fruits in season. | | | | modern Greece, is a culinary art. It is also the |
| Pulses, especially the lentil, was (and is) a basic | | | | oldest food mentioned in the Bible. |
| stable of Greek diet. Nuts also form part of the | | | | It is the food that Jacob was cooking when he |
| ancient Greek diet. | | | | traded a bowl of it from Esau's birthright. Faikes is |
| No Meat? | | | | boiled lentils with fresh tomato, onion, garlic, and |
| Actually in ancient times, eating meat was rare | | | | laurel leaf. |
| anyway. Without refrigeration, meat eating was | | | | The smell of cooking lentils awakens a great deal |
| reserved for some holidays and festivals only. | | | | of emotion in almost any human. The taste is |
| Therefore, the ancient Greek was mostly | | | | delicious, the nutritional value exceptional, and is |
| vegetarian. This kept them strong and healthy, | | | | very satisfying. |
| without illnesses such as cancer and other | | | | If you need to lose some weight, and detox your |
| diseases of excess (as were found in Rome). | | | | body some, have some ancient Greek food for a |
| Breakfast | | | | few days. You will not regret it. |