Food habits have played a major role even in the rise and fall of civilizations. Aryans would not have migrated to India in 1500 BC had their lands in Central Asia not fallen short of pastures for their cattle. The simple ‘Mediterranean’ foods that dieticians are tardily recommending us today must have played a great part in the remarkable achievements of the Greeks. Even the small habits that we have grown up hearing like, “don’t go out on an empty stomach, do not talk while eating, do not share glasses, do not chomp...are much more than good manners.
