Understanding Mediterranean and Okinawa Diets

Learn to make healthier diet choices by examining two different diets

Please note this course runs without facilitation

Your diet can make a big difference to your health. That’s why it’s so important to consider the value of different diets from around the globe.

On this course you will explore the science and benefits of two well-known diets: the Mediterranean and Okinawa diets. You will learn the main components of these diets and how to prepare simple recipes. You will also consider what makes these diets healthy, and how they affect the body.

This course is for anyone interested in maintaining a healthy diet, you don’t need any previous experience. If you’re looking to expand your knowledge on this topic, you might also find of interest the following EIT Food courses on nutrition and health:

• Nutrition for Health and Sustainability
• Superfoods: Myths and Truths
• Food for Thought: The Relationship Between Food, Gut and Brain
• The Human Microbiome
• Food and Nutrition: The Truth Behind Food Headlines

This course is for anyone interested in maintaining a healthy diet, you don’t need any previous experience. If you’re looking to expand your knowledge on this topic, you might also find of interest the following EIT Food courses on nutrition and health:

• Nutrition for Health and Sustainability
• Superfoods: Myths and Truths
• Food for Thought: The Relationship Between Food, Gut and Brain
• The Human Microbiome
• Food and Nutrition: The Truth Behind Food Headlines

• Summarise the characteristics and benefits of the Mediterranean and Okinawa diets
• Describe how diet influences human microbiota and how this has an impact on human health
• Evaluate the importance of healthy food frequency consumption
• Explore the many kinds of healthy diets; their different food composition and cultural approaches.
• Identify health-related properties of foods central to the two diets
• Design at least one simple healthy recipe of one of the course diets