Events
To insure our goals, events and actions demonstrate in what direction WIC is working.
Tuesday, 07 November 2017 09:48
Harvard/international science meets Mediterranean diet and lifestyle - Highlights from the Mediterranean Diet and Health Conference, a nutritional odyssey in Greece
The advantages of a Mediterranean diet were discovered in Crete and from Greece, this dietary pattern conquered the whole world. In Chalkidiki, a scientific and culinary odyssey took place from October 16 to 20, 2017 where Harvard and other international researchers discussed and enjoyed the health benefits of a Mediterranean diet and lifestyle. Prof. Stefanos Kales, from the Harvard Faculty of Medicine and Public Health and George Stamou, producer and director of the successful TV show “The Cooking Odyssey”, organized…
Monday, 03 July 2017 12:40
Mediterranean Diet & Health: A nutritional odyssey in Greece
16-20 October 2017, Sani Resort, Chalkidiki, Greece Travel to Greece with the award-winning PBS television show, The Cooking Odyssey, leading international experts and Harvard University faculty for a handson, mouth-watering immersion course on the health benefits of the Mediterranean Diet, right where it was born. With world-renowned scholars as your instructors and the Aegean Sea as your classroom, enjoy interactive learning combined with a once-in a lifetime experience of legendary Greek hospitality, healthy & delicious food and wine, warmed by…
Monday, 03 July 2017 12:18
A lot of interest in wine and diabetes during the Congress of Internal Medicine in Germany
More than 100 interested physicians attended the DWA symposium “Diabetes – How to deal with the lifestyle factor wine” in Mannheim, Germany, during the Congress of Internal Medicine. During the introduction, Dr. Claudia Stein-Hammer explained why the Deutsche Weinakademie (DWA) disseminates the benefits and risks of wine consumption primarily to physicians. Because of their background, the doctors are able to assess the latest research results in the literature. Healthy lifestyle, no therapy As the title of the event already indicates,…
Tuesday, 28 February 2017 14:46
Highlights of the Wine Health 2017 Congress in Logroño, Spain
Interesting NEW evidence There were many interesting topics covered at the conference, however, one very intriguing subject is the influence of wine on the gut microbiota. The microbiota is very different for each individual and the research is just at the beginning to understand what is going on. However, there are indications that moderate wine consumption can enhance the gut microbiota which acts as a mediator of some beneficial effects of wine. The various polyphenols of wine and their metabolites…
Wednesday, 02 November 2016 09:16
Wine & Health 2017
Save the Date for the WINE & HEALTH 2017 Location: Logroño Dates: 16th, 17th and 18th of February, 2017 Programme: "Several studies have explored the complex relationship between moderate consumption of wine and health. In fact, this relationship has been the focus of a long standing series of scientific meetings in the last years, starting in Udine (Italy) in 1996, and followed by the Meetings held in Palo Alto, California (USA) organized by the New York Academy of Science in…