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Recommended by the World Health Organisation and perennial winner of the US News Best Diet Awards, the Mediterranean Diet is well-established as an evidence-based pattern of eating which can contribute significantly to a long and healthy life. Yet all too often the Mediterranean Diet is described in a sentence or two, reduced to vegetables, fruit, fish and olive oil. Understanding the Real Mediterranean Diet is a journey of discovery, with research now unlocking the nutritional secrets deeply embedded in the intuitive wisdom, traditions, landscape, culture and cuisine of those ancient lands which border the sea.

• Recognize the elements of the diet that fight inflammation and protect from heart disease, cancers and dementia.
• Understand the science of ingredient combinations which supercharge the Mediterranean Diet.
• Harness the foods which nurture our friendly gut bacteria, support a healthy immune system and even influence our genes.
• Train the senses to see and taste the power of antioxidants.
• Get to know polyphenols – probably the most important things you eat you’ve never heard of…
• Lose weight sustainably and feel better along the way.
• Eat as if the planet depends on it.
• Take the Mediterranean Diet quiz and see rapid progress to the world’s healthiest diet.
• Achieve the Real Mediterranean Diet through a simple yet effective 7-day programme.
• Learn to prepare beautiful Mediterranean cuisine and enjoy recipes from international celebrity chefs interpreting and promoting the Mediterranean Diet across the world.

Dr Simon Poole is a family physician, author, broadcaster and an acclaimed international authority on the Mediterranean Diet. Simon is based in Cambridge and has been involved in research and teaching with the University of Cambridge. He has been a member of the British Medical Association Public Health Committee and was awarded Fellowship of the Association in 2019 for services to the BMA. He is a Senior International Collaborator with the Cambridge Global Centre for Nutrition and Health and a founding Scientific Advisory Board Member of the Olive Wellness Institute. Simon has regularly published on the subject of nutrition, lifestyle and public health in the press and scientific journals including Nutrition and Food Science and the International Journal of Clinical Practice. He has presented on national and international radio and television, including the BBC programme “Nadiya’s Family Favourites”. Conference addresses have included presentations at institutions such as the National Association of Primary Care, the Royal College of General Practitioners, the International Congress of the European Society of Cardiology, the Italian Trade Commission, the Fine Food Fair at OIympia, the Institute of Health Sciences of the USA and the Boston Common Ground Convention. Simon was co- organiser and chair, in association with the University of Florence, of the Food Values conference series at the Vatican Academy of Pontifical Sciences. He is a regular guest lecturer for Viking Ocean Cruises. Simon has taught at the London Olive Oil Times Sommelier course, the London International Olive Oil Competition and presented at the North American Olive Oil Association Conference as well as the World Olive Oil Exhibition in Madrid, the World Olive Health Awards in Malaga and the Old Parliament in Athens, receiving special commendation awards for contribution to the promotion of the Mediterranean Diet and communication of the health benefits to the public. His first book The Olive Oil Diet was published in 2016. Co-authored with Judy Ridgway, the Olive Oil Diet was awarded the International Gourmand Prize for the World’s Best Mediterranean Cuisine Book and was named the National Best Diet Book. To date it has been translated into Spanish, Turkish and Bulgarian. Simon's second book, The Real Mediterranean Diet, published in 2021, is an exploration of the value that the Mediterranean diet and lifestyle can bring to everyone, young and old. From its origins in Ancient Greece to the modern day understanding we now have of its benefits, this book joins the dots to show the power and benefits of the Mediterranean diet.