bush in the afternoon
let’s see in the world there are huge
economic health inequalities but
no doubt that some of the
most flagrant inequalities that exists
is the nutritional deprivation and
malnutrition in the third world and excess
obesity abundance and all its
consequences in the first world
in fact, obesity has increased
exponential form in the world and the
number of obese people globally
multiplied by more than three in the
last 20 or 25 years when it leads to
Canary Islands 25 years ago one of the
main challenges to which I
I faced was the direction of the survey
nutrition of the Canary Islands that was
certain way the first photograph
detailed nutrition and
feeding in the Canaries
we observed in that survey a
high consumption of milk and derivatives
high milk consumption of flours
especially high refined pastries
consumption of potatoes moderate consumption of
meat and fish and a very low consumption of
vegetables vegetable salads
all this as two thirds
of the Canarian population were sedentary
one third had hypertension on
elevated cholesterol more than 10 per
a hundred were diabetics nationwide
Spain is in the high numbers in the
figures of obesity and overweight at the
global but it ‘s in the Canary Islands and
particularly our women
our teenage girls who lead
these statistics
but this problem has a solution and the
solution happens first of all by the
regular practice of physical exercise
we know that practicing physical exercise
on a regular basis it reduces by 40 per
percent mortality
we must combine moderate exercises
how to walk almost daily with
intense exercises two or three times
a week
the other solution is diet
Mediterranean is probably the model
healthiest food of the planet is
maybe as the reference model said
par excellence and you go to your preferences
in vegetable foods especially little
precise little processed to the extent of
possible local frescoes and
season that is locally grown
but not just a set of food
It is also the way how they are made
how they are processed and how we consume them
in a way when we analyze the
benefits of the Mediterranean diet
we face the fast food model or
western diet
the Mediterranean diet is this one exercises a
protective effect against the disease
cardiovascular versus obesity
against diabetes the syndrome
metabolic and mental illness
even Alzheimer’s but really to
Sometimes we have some doubt
really demonstrate these kindnesses by
it is the science that exists behind
I really have to talk today a
macro study conducted in the state
Spanish out of a total of 7,500 people
over 55 years with risk factors
cardiovascular
it is a randomized study in the
which are these seven thousand five hundred people
it was randomized ie distributed
randomly in three groups two
1,500 in each group
in the first group we made a
intervention through a group of
nutritionists experts dieticians
improving the eating pattern towards
a Mediterranean diet
but we also provide them with 5 liters of
extra virgin olive oil per month to
families
the second of the groups also
we started the same intervention with
Mediterranean diet
but instead of providing olive oil
We provide you with extra virgin fruits
dry for free a handful of
walnuts almonds and hazelnuts the 30
grams a day and the third group that is
the comparative group
what we did was to reduce the fats
follow the recommendations of the
American Academy of Cardiology
reduce as much fat as possible
also through nutrition education to
After five years of monitoring
this macro-study conducted throughout
Spain and also in the Canary Islands
we observed something really incredible
the two Mediterranean diet groups
had reduced mortality
cardiovascular stroke stroke in a
30 percent compared to the group of
low fat diet
the arrhythmias were reduced by 38
hundred
we also reduce in a very
substantial diabetes in general all
cardiovascular disease including
invasive breast cancer was reduced in the
women in the olive oil group
I also have to say that in this
study the incidence of
depression and in many our study
we have seen as a healthy diet
Mediterranean reduces the incidence of
depression
with this diet if we could prevent
let’s do all the canaries of more than
55 years we would have more than four thousand
infarcts 8,500 diabetes 3,000 arrhythmias
arteriopathies also about 3,000 in
only five years
I assure you that there is no
existing medication that is achieved
prevention and this we get it
simply with products from our
Earth
I do not say it’s important to look for
genetic of course it’s interesting
investigate but we saw that one
of the most important leaders in the Canary Islands
which increases the risk of diabetes and
that increases the risk of stroke in
people who followed the diet
mediterranean
this gene was nullified the gene only
expressed in the people who followed
a low-fat diet but
food is not only health the
food is culture is heritage and
in some way are the landscapes the
crops the markets the celebrations
the recipes the flavors the colors the
parties the celebrations all this
declined around a table of some
way we always say that the diet
Mediterranean is a set of food
and a cultural model that implies that what
that we have on the plate has to be
a reflection of our landscapes
for this reason the Mediterranean diet
was recognized intangible heritage of
humanity by unesco in the year
2010 is health but it is also culture and
culture also implies the way in
that we maintain our heritage
agricultural through what we call the
unfortunately in our environment
we have lost biodiversity in the
recent years by more than 80 percent
especially vegetable species vegetables
fruits mainly because because
market has discarded its own species and
very valuable to orientate towards
species that were beautiful and that
they keep months and months in the cameras
refrigerators in some way
come to this point I like sometimes
ask me what do our tomatoes taste like?
someone remembers what a
apricot
it is evident that our agriculture and
our food also has
Orient yourself towards enhancing the taste as
cultural value
if we want our little ones
consume fruits and vegetables
we must produce fruits and vegetables
Tasty and quality
only then will we achieve these goals so
fundamentals in public health
another fundamental aspect of the
food we have seen health the
culture is the economy the economy
go back to the world but if we compare
those countries that spend less on
feeding those countries
I have set an example that is Ecuador
we see how with 30 or 35 dollars to the
week you get a food basket
with a large number of vegetable products
is deficient animal products and in
Dairy is a very varied diet
from the point of view
let’s say food when we go
increasing in the ranks and of some
shape
we increase the price of food
we come to another extreme as it can be
United States
where much more is spent in the
feeding
but most of the foods are
processed we do not see natural foods
Many foods are bought by phone
or if they are consumed away from home and the
daily cooking is reduced to a minimum
expression
I always also from the point of
economic view
I miss that our model
food has deteriorated or is not
have revalued our diet
traditional when we go to any
tourist area of our islands
the most typical is the combination dish that
in some way represents erosion
monumental to our gastronomy where
they mix foods that had never been
mixed before it is very difficult to eat
traditional in our tourist areas
somehow these areas are
crammed with what is their own
fast food and we are losing a
unique occasion to transmit our
Canarian gastronomy our diet
Mediterranean to the millions of tourists
who visit us and in some way
we are also losing a chance
to promote our primary sector
sometimes there are misconceptions
because not all foods are so
expensive as it seems the diet
mediterranean
for example olive oil people
it says that olibar oil is very expensive
I tell you that the olive oil
represents only 1.5 maximum 2 per
hundred of the shopping cart of the
Spanish ‘media and yet the
Olive oil provides us with 15
hundred of the calories is a boxcar
monumental save on olive oil and
this is really going to be very expensive for us
the war
canary can not afford anymore
Obese and more diabetic for lack of
possibilities
we should not allow ourselves an obese
infant more by engracia
element apart from health
apart from the culture and the economy the
environment
in some way also directs is a
engine of climate change some
shape
We know that food production is
a decisive element in particular in
relationship with climate change and
emission of toxic gases
the consumption of certain foods
especially meat above all beef and
dairy and food consumption
they have to be transported from other areas
even our environment are the
that have an environmental footprint more
high and therefore those that we should avoid
we have to consume as much as
possible
local fruits in season and not fruits
imported by plane when we
we analyze the impact of environmental
of the Mediterranean diet and we compare it
with the fast food diet
the differences are spectacular
somehow he knows for example
that greenhouse gases are
reduce up to 70 percent also
the use of agricultural land for consumption
of energy the water consumption is
would reduce if we were able
to stay on the Mediterranean diet
so eating healthy is good for
our health but it is also good for
the health of the planet
and at this point I would like to
cite national some examples for
illustrate this complex relationship between
health culture economy and environment
of our food and the first
example that I want to put is that of
fish is evident when we think of
fish in the Canary Islands we think of sardines
old longorons terme in some way
fish by our brotherhoods by others
fishermen in a sustainable way and
respecting marine resources
however one wonders why in
the freezers of our
supermarkets because in the restaurants
of our people from our land offer
times like the fish called paña a peso
brought him to me with the most polluted river
The world traveling 10,000 kilometers
frozen and filleted to our
dining at our centers
distribution
how is it possible that in 2014 in
Spain according to 50,000 tons
of bread to 50,000 tons of Spain more
pay that for example golden of
fish farm
how is it possible that many restaurants
of our archipelago are served
fish like the nile perch
then many hotels will be consumed where
is our tourist dignity the
consumption of cheeses and dairy products in the Canary Islands
it’s high but it does not make any sense
import very low quality cheeses like
the plateau cheese using
valuable incentives like the area the
Special supply regime is
when we have the best in the Canary Islands
cheeses of the world
the same we could say of the potatoes
because we are importing more of the
half of the layers that we consume of
israel or uk when in
Canary Islands, we are producing the best
Dad of the world or because we import
chili or california nuts when
the three months it rots on the ground in
mediocrities
what is the meaning of this
is the new version of the diet
Mediterranean that we have developed
recently in a consensus
international that aside from analyzing the
impact on public health of the
feeding the food that the
make up
somehow includes the part of the
ecological footprint of the impact
environmental impact of its production so that
the population we become aware
that the environment is so
important as this health and that we should
take care of our planet there are very few
places in the world like canaries in
general where they occur in a
traditional
all the food in the basket
Mediterranean absolutely all I’m going to
use a chop to remember me
they olive oil of tuineje agüimes
St. Lucia wine yaiza borders
brontë the cheeses of guide or majorero the
business wheat bread millo matalauva
for honey or palm honey
that honey but is very rich or
remember the history of sugar that
they hide other ingenios and their nefarious
impact on the deforestation of our
islands to serve the interests of a
crown
banana baths or guide
isora the orange sleeves lemons
tomatoes the canary sausage chorizo
the water of our springs the
potatoes chestnuts walnuts and almonds
mediocrities
the sweets of nuts and honey
mojos from any corner of the island in
each house a mojo
the fish and seafood of our
ports or our fish farms or
even the coffee of the agaete valley
absolutely all the foods of the
Mediterranean diet occur in the
traditional system
canary of these islands and find in
the same
all its splendor and all its flavor all
this is undoubtedly a heritage
Awesome
unfortunately our sovereignty and
food supply are low
they barely reach 12 percent of what
we consume
but we can improve these figures to
just as we can reverse the figures
sanitary facilities and turn them into an example
for everyone
The Canary Islands are transformed into a
sale promotion element where a
healthy nutrition and promotion of
Health
in fact it is not only public it depends on
how we are able to carry out
this transformation of our style of
life increasing our activity
physical and improving our model
food a food model that
must be based on the best evidence
scientific and not in passing fashions or
commercial interests that our
culture and our heritage and that help
to reactivate our economy and that deals
this planet the only one that we have with the
maximum sweetheart
thank you very much
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