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Mediterranean Foods Alliance (MFA) and Med Mark
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admin on 06/09/2008 00:03:00
 
Dear Food Consumer.org,
Bravo on your recent article titled " Mediterranean diet may help prevent
diabetes " published on may 31, 2008 by Ben Wasserman! We wanted to thank you
for spreading the word about Mediterranean Diet.
Here at Oldways, we are devoted to helping consumers eat better and thought you
might be interested in learning more about Oldways and the Mediterranean Diet
Pyramid. Oldways is a nonprofit education organization that is well respected
for creating common sense, practical information and programs about healthy
eating and drinking. Oldways is best known for developing and introducing the
Mediterranean Diet Pyramid with the Harvard School of Public Health and the
World Health Organization in 1993.
Some of our current programs and upcoming events include:
1. Mediterranean Foods Alliance (MFA) and Med Mark.
Oldways organized the Mediterranean Foods Alliance (MFA), a coalition of health
professionals, scientists, chefs, and food companies joined together to help
consumers lead healthier lives with the Mediterranean Diet. The MFA helps
consumers quickly find healthful Mediterranean foods and drinks with the Med
Mark. The Med Mark is a boldly designed packaging symbol used on products that
are traditional to the Mediterranean Diet pyramid and meets certain dietary
requirements. Currently, over 150 healthy products - ranging from olive oil to
pomegranate juice - bear the Med Mark.
2. 15th Anniversary Mediterranean Diet Conference - November 16-18, 2008.
Oldways is renewing and redoubling its ongoing educational efforts supporting
the Mediterranean Diet with a 15th Anniversary Conference in Cambridge,
Massachusetts on November 16-18, 2008. This Conference will present the
overwhelming and ever-mounting scientific evidence that details why everyone can
benefit from this healthy approach. Also, in these days of spiraling food costs,
Oldways will offer nitty-gritty advice on how "eating the Med way" can be
affordable for everyone. For more information, please visit:
http://mediterraneanmark.org/html/events.html , or www.oldwayspt.org , or
contact Nicki Heverling (617-896-4876, via email: NHeverling@oldwayspt.org ).
Please let us know if you'd like to attend the Conference or can include a
calendar listing about the Conference.
3. Morocco Culinary Event
To experience the Mediterranean Diet firsthand, Oldways will visit Morocco from
December 1-10, 2008. Joining Oldways will be James-Beard Award-winning chef Ana
Sortun, and Paula Wolfert, Mediterranean food expert and award-winning cookbook
author. We will explore the culinary and cultural heart of exotic Morocco. For
more information, please visit www.oldwayspt.org , and click on Morocco on the
home page. Thank you for your efforts to educate your readers about the
Mediterranean Diet.  For more information about Oldways, the Mediterranean Diet
or other Oldways programs, please visit our website: http://oldwayspt.org/ or
contact Kim Foley MacKinnon, Oldways' Press Officer (617 896 4888).
With our thanks and best wishes,
Meggie Matteson
Press Assistant
Oldways-The Food Issues Think Tank
266 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02116 USA
617-896-4848
www.oldwayspt.org
mmatteson@oldwayspt.org
By Meggie Matteson
Jun 8, 2008 - 2:52:26 PM