Sicily holidays by Volcano Etna

The “Mediterranean diet” is the traditional alimentary way used by people that live in the Mediterranean countries.

One of the most important aspect of Mediterranean diet is the quality of the ingredients used. The result is that ingredients are fresh, often produced in land, tasty and fragrant.

The main principles of this diet :

• The use of “Unique plates” (Plates that combine together carbs and meat)
• Intensive use of olive oil
• Consumption of fresh fruits, vegetables and legumes
• Moderate consumption of red meat
• 1 time a week fish or white meats
• Moderate use of cheese and yogurt
• 1 glass of red wine to accompany the main meals
• Consumption of honey instead of sugar
• Drink at least 6 glasses of water a day

Here the most known Mediterranean foods and wines you’ll taste during your Sicilian journey…

• Seafood- Seafood is well known for its particular heart benefits, Grilled swordfish, Cuttlefish, sardines are popular ingredients of the Sicilian diet always prepared with pasta. Try seafood with whites wines as “Catarratto Bianco, Inzolia, Grillo, and Damaschino”.
• Meat - Chicken, Veal, Lamb, Pork are popular meat dishes usually served with marsala wine.
• Wines - There are more than 150.000 hectares of land cultivates to wineyards, in particular, on the slopes of the Etna mountain.

Lot of studies explain how the Sicilian red wine consumption is associated with a lower cardiovascular risk. Has been confirmed that parameters like blood glucose, total cholesterol and triglycerides, was significantly decreased after the consumption of Sicilian red wines (Nero D’Avola and Torrepalino wines).

Other aliments are:

• Bread, pasta, rice, potatoes.
• Vegetables: Spinach, Cauliflowers, Carrots, Eggplants, Tomatoes, broccoli, capsicum, capers, garlic and onion.
• Fruit: Olives, Grape, Oranges, Lemons, Apples, cherries, Strawberries, peaches, apricots,
• Legumes: beans, peas,
• Fruit: Walnuts, Almonds, Pistachio nuts
• Oil of olive
• Honey
• Milk and cheeses
• White Meat (chicken, rabbit, turkey, etc…) and fish (fish sword, sardines, tuna, clears)
• Eggs
• Red meat (veal, lamb, etc…)
• Water

In you need to live an unique experience that joins together the best places to visit in the southern Italy and the benefits of the Mediterranean diet, then read this simple article about a wine tour of Sicily.

The Sicily island is the biggest island in the Mediterranean sea, it’s at the south of Italy and the north of Africa. Food and wine are among Sicily’s main attractions. Here you can find a mix of different cultures (Greeks, Romans, Arabs, Normans). These ancient dominations let us their rests in the culinary traditions. Climatic conditions, sun every day and the Volcanic land, facilitate the food’s favour and produce unique of a kind Mediterranean products.

What to discover in this food and wine itinerary…

The tour is along the most known wine territory of Sicily, The Etna volcano and the city of Catania in the Ionic coast of Sicily. With this itinerary you can join the views of many medieval villages located on the slopes of the mount etna, and taste the favour of vineyards and fruit-trees. You can combine the tasting of great Mediterranean diet products while you are travelling across the century’s of millenarian history and culture.

The itinerary explained…The itinerary starts in the South of Mount Etna, from the little villages of Belpasso and Nicolosi. Continues in the sea villages in the Ionic coast to Taormina and finishes in the northern side of the Etna in the natural park of the Alcantara river.

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