Greek Diet app for iPhone and iPad


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Health & Fitness Food & Drink
Developer: Kyriakos Leivadas
0.99 USD
Current version: 1.2, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 15 Mar 2013
App size: 25.12 Mb

Enjoy the most popular and distinguishing recipes.
Bring the delicius taste and richness of the Greek cuisine to your home.

Gain beneficial health effect and decreased mortality by following a Greek diet.

The Greek diet is often cited as beneficial for being low in saturated fat and high in monounsaturated fat and dietary fiber. One of the main explanations is thought to be the health effects of olive oil included in the Greek diet.



FEATURES:

- Big database of carefully selected Greek recipes
- Understandable language and easy to follow description
- Share your favorite recipes with your friends (facebook)
- Airprint support (print your recipes)
- Update recipe system inside the app
- no extra fees or in app purchases
- no internet access needed
- Categorised recipes (Difficulty, Type, Cooking Time)
- Search Bar for easy navigation.


FACTS:

A 2011 meta-analysis published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology analyzed the results of 50 studies covering about 535,000 people to examine the effect of a Greek diet on metabolic syndrome. The researchers reported that a Greek diet is associated with lower blood pressure, blood sugar, and triglycerides.

A 2012 follow-up study in Israel, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that even people who regain some weight after going on a Greek diet can derive lasting benefits from it.

On February 25th 2013, the New England Journal of Medicine published a study conducted in Spain, Conclusion: Among persons at high cardiovascular risk, a Greek diet supplemented with extra-virgin olive oil or nuts reduced the incidence of major cardiovascular events.