Is Turkish food healthy or just fast food

Turkey enjoys a Mediterranean diet, which is known to be healthier
than the North European, American and Western diets. This is due to
higher use of fresh fruits, vegetables, legumes, grains, nuts and
olive oil.With a growing interest in healthy food in Australia,
Turkish cuisine has the answers. Due to Turkey's geographical location
between Asia and Europe and it's history, Turkish food is a fusion of
Ottoman, Balkan, Greek, Jewish, Armenian and Central Asian cuisines.
With so many influences, the healthy choices are much greater than the
doner kebab in Turkish bread served with hummus.Due to the use of
olive oil rather than animal fats and fresh fruit and vegetables in
place of convenient processed foods, the Turkish population do have a
lower heart attack rate than its northern European neighbours.Turkish
cuisine consists of a lot of grilling and BBQ. With an abundance of
fresh seafood and a variety of chicken, lamb or beef and lots of
salads, Turkish food is very suited to the Australian lifestyle and
climate.A typical breakfast, lunch and dinner of the Turkish
Mediterranean diet would look like:Turkish breakfast € Breakfast is
the most important meal of the day. Turks start their day with some
toasted Turkish bread, fresh cut tomato, cucumber, olives, sujuk (a
spicy beef sausage), a boiled egg and fresh fruits such as
watermelon.Turkish lunches and dinners € There is little difference
between a Turkish lunch and dinner. Typically a Turk may eat a grilled
swordfish kebab with a salad for lunch and then have grilled lamb
kofte and salad for dinnerTurkish dessert € Turkish dessert doesn't
have to be Baklava or any other pastry or cake. A healthy Turkish
dessert option is sutlac (rice pudding) and if made with low fat milk
is quite low in calories. More simply, a typical Turkish dessert is
watermelon and other fresh fruits served with Turkish coffee. Turkey
has fast become a popular holiday choice for Australians and as more
Australians learn and understand the health benefits of the Turkish
diet, Turkish food will become increasingly popular. Turkish Thyme
cooking school recently opened in Melbourne and is fast educating its
students on the secrets to a healthy Turkish kitchen through its 4
cooking classes. The cooking school is unique to others in the market
as its hands on, for small groups of two or couples only and uses
imported Turkish ingredients to ensure the healthy Turkish food
prepared, is authentic.There are 4 categories of cooking classes to
suit any interest, from Turkish desserts to vegetarian cooking classes
to Traditional Turkish food.This cooking school gives you an authentic
experience and allows its students to take home the Turkish food
cooked to share and educate friends and family.