ROME (ITALPRESS) – The new docuseries “Mediterranean Melodies,” an engaging and immersive journey into the history of the Mediterranean Diet, was presented at Palazzo Montecitorio in Rome: through the voices of medical specialists, scientists, starred chefs and entrepreneurs, the series tells all the passion and wisdom behind the products of our food tradition, loved and copied all over the world. Specialists from GVM Care & Research, a hospital group present in 11 regions with 29 facilities, will be part of this journey and guide viewers to discover the benefits of the Mediterranean diet for mental and physical well-being. The docuseries will be available on Prime Video starting in mid-February with the first four episodes.”We strongly believe in the importance of a healthy and balanced diet based on the principles of the Mediterranean diet, understood not only as a set of healthy foods but as a model of life that encompasses environmental protection together with human well-being combined with a healthy and dynamic lifestyle,” explains Professor Giuseppe Speziale, vice president of GVM Care & Research and cardiac surgeon at Santa Maria Hospital in Bari. “This is why we have enthusiastically embraced the Mediterranean Melodies docuseries project. For our part, we try to transfer to viewers the awareness that eating well is the first form of self-love, because it is true that we are what we eat, and a healthy and balanced diet, the choice of fresh and minimally processed foods and an active lifestyle have important repercussions on our physical and mental health.”The four episodes of the docuseries, produced by Recarcano Srl and Aha Studio and hosted by Maria Grazia Cucinotta, will feature, in addition to Speziale, specialists from the GVM Obesity Center at Santa Maria Hospital in Bari, Dr. Antonio Braun, Head of the GVM Obesity Center and Specialist in General and Bariatric Surgery, Dr. Alberto Calabrese, Nutritionist, and Dr. Antonia Aspromonte, Psychologist and Psychotherapist specializing in eating disorders, and also Dr. Mario Siro Brigiani, Head of Cardiology at Anthea Hospital in Bari.With them the viewer will go to investigate the essence of the Mediterranean diet, understood as a tool for wellness and not only aimed at weight loss, discover the supply chain that brings to our tables the products that are at the base of the food pyramid and how they are still cultivated and produced with ancient wisdom. All this without neglecting the importance of a healthy lifestyle, which is the basis for the prevention of eating disorders, many cardiovascular, neurological, and endocrinological diseases.In particular, the docuseries addresses the topic of overweight and obesity, multifactorial conditions that have implications on different aspects of the patient’s life, and that today affect about 20 million Italians (of whom between 5 and 6 million are obese), also going into the most innovative therapeutic approaches applied in GVM Care & Research’s Obesity Centers, ultra-specialty centers where the overweight and obese patient receives a holistic and multidisciplinary framework, starting with prevention and nutrition education.”In the Obesity Centers, unlike the obesity centers widely spread throughout the territory, we offer the patient a personalized, continuous and multidisciplinary care pathway that adequately supports him or her at all stages, including post-treatment follow-up,” explains Dr. Antonio Braun. “We support the need to privilege an initial clinical therapeutic approach, which only in specific cases is oriented toward bariatric, minimally invasive and ultraspecialty surgery.
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