(1) Our hypothesis that a typical, olive-oil-rich Cretan diet causes a relatively high HDL- to total cholesterol ratio is not supported by the present findings.
(2) Nei genetic coefficients indicated similarities between populations of P. perfiliewi from Corfu and central Italy and between Corfuan and Cretan P. neglectus samples.
(3) The traditional Cretan diet has been associated with low coronary-heart-disease (CHD) mortality rates.
(4) Seventy-six healthy rural Cretan boys aged 7-9 years were studied.
(5) We have studied hypertension, obesity, diabetes and hypercholesterolaemia in those aged 45-79 years in the Cretan low risk population of Spili (n = 249; attendance 82%) to see if these conditions interacted in the same way as previously described for high risk populations.
(6) Especially popular with local lawyers at lunchtime, this small taverna’s excellent menu includes such classic Cretan dishes as barley rusks topped with tomatoes and mizithra cheese and peppery sautéed wild greens.
(7) Risk factors for coronary heart disease were studied in healthy middle-aged Cretan men in order to compare them with the middle-aged men of a previous generation studied in 1960 as the Cretan cohort of the Seven Countries Study (1960).
(8) An educational intervention program for the prevention of cardiovascular disease among 171 Cretan school students (13- and 14-year-olds) is assessed.
(9) The mean body mass index of the Cretan boys was about 2 kg m-2 higher than those of boys in the other countries, which might have confounded comparisons.
(10) The purpose was to chart the state of health and living conditions of the Cretan population in the period 1986-1990.
(11) This study reports on the prevalence of CHD risk factors among 387 Cretan bank employees.
(12) The Cretans lead a lifestyle noted for the absence of other risk factors for CHD.
(13) His assailants, four of whom were convicted and sentenced to four years in November, were only brought to justice through the European arrest warrant (EAW) which delivered them to a Cretan court.
(14) Our finding should be viewed against the low prevalence of past myocardial infarction in Cretan men from Spili reported by us and confirming the results of the Seven Countries Study.
(15) The body mass index of the Cretan boys (18.2 kg m-2) was on average 2 kg m-2 higher than that of boys from other countries.
(16) • 19 Kalamiotou, +30 210 32 22 458, melilotos.gr , €25pp Kriti The back of a humdrum shopping arcade may not sound like an obvious gastronomic hot spot, but Kriti has a reputation for serving the best Cretan food in Athens.
(17) It’s not their fault Giorgos Tzanakis Even for Giorgos Tzanakis, a Cretan who proudly recalls the island’s resistance against the Germans in the second world war, the anger isn’t personal.
(18) The diet of the Cretan boys contained 10 en% saturated fat, but 27 en% monounsaturated fat due to the liberal use of olive oil.
(19) "Much excitement during our Cretan villa holiday, as Tarquin was arrested in a local disco for buying some of the dreaded weed after his release (a bundle of notes equivalent to the National Debt of Chad having changed hands) we were all able to see the funny side!
(20) Serum-lipid levels of the Cretan boys were not different from those of their counterparts from western European Countries.
Nectar
Definition:
(n.) The drink of the gods (as ambrosia was their food); hence, any delicious or inspiring beverage.
(n.) A sweetish secretion of blossoms from which bees make honey.
Example Sentences:
(1) The unusual behavior characterized as "bubbling" was interpreted as either thermoregulation or a nectar concentration.
(2) Gonotrophic-age structure of a population of Aedes provocans (Walker) and nectar sources used by adults were studied for 2 yr at a field site near Belleville, Ontario, Canada.
(3) The EFSA report found the risk to honeybees from drifting pesticide dust was high when fipronil was used as a seed treatment for maize, but did not have the data to assess the risk from its use on sunflowers, or the risk via pollen and nectar, or the risk to other bees and pollinators.
(4) While some worker bees remain at home, others take flight in search of nectar, pollen and other hive essentials.
(5) As one of the gods fled with a pitcher of the nectar across the skies, it spilled on four Indian towns: Allahabad, Nasik, Ujjain and Haridwar.
(6) Twenty-eight exposures were the result of sucking nectar from the flower; the remainder involved ingestion of leaves or flowers.
(7) Salads might feature watermelon, pickled rinds and cashews, while cocktails are little belters: the Del Bac Date ($12), made with Tucson’s malt whisky and local fruit, is purest nectar.
(8) Apparently, these mosquitoes take little or no nectar during the day, and feed soon after the onset of darkness.
(9) The roles require drastically different behaviours, with nurses feeding the larvae and performing royal grooming duties, and foragers navigating great distances and performing complex dance routines to point others in the direction of rich sources of nectar.
(10) This is the first time that ultraviolet absorption in a nectar guide has been interpreted in chemical terms.
(11) alpha-glucosidase activity is elevated in the posterior midgut after feeding in response to the blood meal, whereas activity in the anterior midgut is consistent with a nectar-processing role for this midgut region.
(12) vexans had later peak nectar-feeding times than females.
(13) Levels of DA in the brain of nectar and pollen forager bees, presumed to be among the oldest adults sampled, were found to be significantly higher than in nurses, undertakers or food storers.
(14) Grayanotoxins are known to occur in the honey produced from the nectar of Rhododendron ponticum growing on the mountains of the eastern Black Sea region of Turkey and also in Japan, Nepal, Brazil, and some parts of North America and Europe.
(15) Oilseed rape is likely to be particularly damaging , according to the researchers, because the active compounds of the neonicotinoid pesticides are not just applied to the surface but expressed in the plant’s tissues, meaning that bees can ingest the chemicals in the nectar and pollen of affected crops.
(16) Honeybees, too, employ complex navigational skills to find their way to and from distant sources of nectar and pollen.
(17) During our study, it was observed to feed on only five species of plant and mainly on the nectar-producing parts (flowers and nectaries) of four of these species.
(18) The presence of fructose, as detected by the cold Anthrone test, indicated that both parous and nulliparous flies routinely imbibe nectars as part of their foraging behavior.
(19) A spokesman for Syngenta, which manufactures thiamethoxam, said: “Crop-measured pollen and nectar residues from thiamethoxam seed-treated oilseed rape is typically less than 3ppb.
(20) The distribution and relative frequency of occurrence of gastrointestinal endocrine cells exhibiting immunoreactivity to eleven peptides and one amine were examined immunohistochemically in the gastrointestinal mucosa of the adult honey possum which feeds almost exclusively on nectar and pollen.