The Tuscan pyramid starts : the first in Italy

The slogan of this project is ‘living longer and healthy using local genuine products to have a varied and healthy diet’. This is the indication coming from the Tuscan Food Pyramid (PAT in Italy); the first realized in Italy and that was made by a scientific group composed by doctors, nutritionists and agronomists engaged by the Region Tuscany. The Pyramid is a graphic representation of a balanced and healthy diet; it will be promoted through a wide campaign, in the web, in the papers, on the radio, on TV and in the schools: the six steps proposed by PAT, with 70 products on the whole (65 coming from the Tuscan Tradition), go from the food that should be more frequently used to the worst food, the one we should use less, they are: fruit and vegetables; cereals and extra virgin olive oil : pulses, dried fruit, milk and yoghurt; fish and poultry , cheese eggs and potatoes, meat, pork and cakes. “We have recorded the mark because we are proud of this initiative where different experts of several disciplines have been involved “. The President of the Region Tuscany Claudio Martini started.