Mediterranean Diet Week

From today Monday to Saturday we are in the week of the Mediterranean diet

The cities of Madrid, Oviedo, Tenerife, Badajoz and Lugo, celebrate from October 13 to October 18 a series of activities promoted and sponsored by the MAGRAMA (Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment) to enhance and promote the consumption of foods that are part of the so-called Mediterranean diet.

For this, several programs have been developed that will help explain to citizens the values, benefits and possibilities that these delicacies provide and at the same time how they are the maximum exponent of a healthy lifestyle.

For this reason, the Ministry has published a series of informative events that are detailed below:

• Monday October 13: Inauguration act by Mr. Domingo Valiente, Executive Director of the Mediterranean Diet Foundation,  Mr. Eduardo Martínez Sánchez, director of Marketing4food, and chef Juanjo López Bednar They will talk about the benefits and products of the Mediterranean Diet. A guided tasting will be held at the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment (Paseo de la Infanta Isabel, 1). (18: 00h)

• Tuesday, October 14: Children’s day. Primary school students from COlegio from El Torreón (Arroyomolinos, Madrid) will visit the Rio Guadarrama School Nursery from 9:30 am to 13:00 pm.

• Wednesday, October 15: Fruit Attraction Fair, at the Stand of MAGRAMA, the journalist Miguel Angel Almodovar and Marc Caballero will talk about healthy eating and good nutrition. Finally, there will be a tasting of dishes made with products that are part of the Mediterranean Diet.  (10:30 am to 12:00 pm)

• Thursday, October 16:  Visit the Fruit Attraction Fair. This event will feature several presentations and a tasting of different dishes made with products that are part of the Mediterranean Diet. (10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.)

• Friday, October 17: Tasting sessions in different food distribution centers and supermarkets in the cities of Madrid, Oviedo, Tenerife, Badajo and Lugo that we show you here at this link.  

• Saturday, October 18: Popular Tasting in the Plaza Mayor in Madrid from 13.00:XNUMX p.m. The whole family will be able to participate in the events, leisure and other activities programmed to accompany the event.

Good Week of the Mediterranean Diet.