DrArtemis

04/11/2026

Blessings for renewal as we enter a new season and celebrate the resurrection for Orthodox Easter 🌷
As we slather our lamb on the spit and food with Olive oil we can be confident that our Mediterranan feast “dripping with EVOO” will not only feed our bellies and delight our senses but it’s also good for metabolic health.

🕊️Does Olive oil make you gain weight?
The truth is quite the opposite

04/11/2026

Fascinating fascia… this is the enigmatic and sacred body network under our skin that we work with when doing Craniosacral therapy, acupuncture, yoga, tai qi and so much more ..
warning: this video is like attending a gross anatomy lab in med school and the info on how our bodies move is mind blowing.

Basic ScienceDr. Jean-Claude Guimberteau

04/07/2026

'm still discovering amazing scientific articles on the health benefits of olive oil and the Mediterranean way of eating by amazing researchers. How much EVOO do you need to lower your risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and stroke?

This one showed:
💓 "Olive oil is associated with lower risk of CVD and stroke. The maximum benefit could be obtained with a consumption between 20 and 30 g/day (1.5-2 Tbs). The association could be stronger for virgin olive oil and might operate from the early stages of the disease."

I have the honor and pleasure of speaking with the top integrative cardiologist .reginadruz on April 17th for her podcast on anti-inflammatory diets and heart disease- can't wait! #

The specific association of olive oil consumption with coronary heart disease (CHD) or stroke has not been totally established.Objective: to examine whether olive oil consumption is associated with subclinical atherosclerosis, the risk of total cardiovascular disease (CVD), CHD, and stroke.

04/06/2026

🌱Time to clean out and use the herbs you collected from the past two seasons- these are the lovely plants from my garden.
🏵️What did you collect and use?
Time for the earth to renew itself and plant new food and medicine.

03/28/2026

Does using olive oil instead of butter, margarine, mayo and dairy fat make you less likely to die?
This study suggests the answer is
YES!
"Higher olive oil intake was associated with lower risk of total and cause-specific mortality. Replacing margarine, butter, mayonnaise, and dairy fat with olive oil was associated with lower risk of mortality."

Total and cause-specific mortality among 60,582 women (Nurses’ Health Study, 1990-2018) and 31,801 men (Health Professionals Follow-up Study, 1990-2018) who were free of cardiovascular disease or cancer at baseline. Diet was assessed by a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire every 4 years.
Data analysis on total and cause-specific mortality among 60,582 women (Nurses’ Health Study, 1990-2018) and 31,801 men (Health Professionals Follow-up Study, 1990-2018) were followed every 4 years with a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire. On the 28 years of follow-up they found that those with a higher olive oil intake was associated with 19% lower risk of cardiovascular disease mortality, 17% lower risk of cancer mortality, 29% lower risk of neurodegenerative disease mortality, and 18% lower risk of respiratory disease mortality. In substitution analyses, replacing 10g/d of margarine, butter, mayonnaise, and dairy fat with the equivalent amount of olive oil was associated with 8-34% lower risk of total and cause-specific mortality.

Olive oil consumption has been shown to lower cardiovascular disease risk, but its associations with total and cause-specific mortality are unclear. To evaluate whether olive oil intake is associated with total and cause-specific mortality in two ...

03/24/2026

Hello beautiful people - I am going to update my facebook cover photo with the new beautiful logo my sister made for me and would love your feedback if you can:
Which picture do you like better? It is inspired by the sacred honeybee from my ancestral homeland of Crete and I'm not sure which background is more healing and inspiring to look at? Wishing you well and much gratitude for you and our sweet honey bees: 1.) Poppies with ocean 2.) Dandelion and olive grove? Open to feedback... soooo much great research and Mediterranean Medicine coming up to share inspired by nature 🫶

03/24/2026

Maybe EVOO IS better than GLP-1s and diabetes drugs?

Mouse model of Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity showed a natural olive and olive oil extract aptly named "ELENOLIC ACID" - maybe for the beautiful Elene in Greek mythology? -outperformed the pharmaceutical drugs for blood sugar regulation and obesity. Great study! I love how nature is so beautifully designed to help us be healthy when we respect her glorious gifts.

03/19/2026

Large prospective study in the US shows that people who use Olive oil are naturally thinner than those that do not.

"Each ½ tablespoon (7 g) serving per day increment in olive oil consumption was inversely associated with body weight (β coefficient: –0.09 kg, 95% CI: –0.11, –0.08 kg; P < 0.0001)(that means they were thinner). In contrast, each 7 g serving per day increase in other types of added fat (vegetable oils, butter, and margarine) was positively associated with changes in body weight. Results were consistent in stratified analyses by age and BMI. In substitution analyses, replacing margarine, butter, and other vegetable oils with equal amounts of olive oil was associated with less weight gain. Conclusions: A long-term increase in olive oil intake was inversely associated with body weight in middle-aged adults in the United States. Conversely, increased consumption of other added fats, such as butter and margarine, was positively associated with body weight."

03/15/2026

FAVA- 🫛the dish made from pureed split peas and onions - is a great dish that is popular during the Greek Orthodox Fasting time of composed of
Onions, split peas, EVOO, lemon juice, a little garlic and salt and pepper to taste

This dish was a favorite of my grandfather’s in Crete, who was the tax collector to the king of Greece, when there was a king of Greece. This one’s for you grandfather Παππού Malindretos.

Not to be confused with the bean called Fava of which there is a genetic issue, called Favism, where eating fava bean (not fava the dish with split peas) will cause a hemolytic reaction of their blood cells and make them sick and is genetically caused by a Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency which is the most common enzymatic disorder of red blood cells (RBCs).