{"id":6315,"date":"2026-01-10T22:05:52","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T22:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fundacaocasahermes.pt\/sem-categoria\/prato-em-t-quando-a-ciencia-chega-a-mesa-de-todos\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T17:53:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T17:53:44","slug":"t-shaped-dish-when-science-reaches-everyones-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundacaocasahermes.pt\/en\/news\/t-shaped-dish-when-science-reaches-everyones-table\/","title":{"rendered":"T-shaped dish: when science reaches everyone&#8217;s table"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What we put on our plates has a profound influence on our health and well-being. The science is clear: a balanced diet is essential in preventing chronic diseases \u2014 but turning that knowledge into simple everyday choices is not always easy.<\/p>\n<p>This is where the T-plate comes in.<br \/>\nInspired by the Mediterranean diet, the T-plate divides meals in a simple and intuitive way:<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd39 1\/2 plate of vegetables<br \/>\n\ud83d\udd39 1\/4 plate of cereals, derivatives, tubers and legumes<br \/>\n\ud83d\udd39 1\/4 plate of meat, fish or eggs<\/p>\n<p>A visual structure that helps balance meals, encourage food diversity and promote more conscious choices \u2014 without calculations, complicated rules or moralistic speeches.<\/p>\n<p>Designed for adults and children, the T-shaped plate is also an educational tool that supports the creation of healthy habits from an early age, valuing the pleasure of eating, food culture and balance at the table.<\/p>\n<p>Find out more and purchase the plate at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pratoemt.pt\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.pratoemt.pt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The T-shaped plate is the result of a partnership between the Casa Hermes Foundation, NOVA Medical School and Costa Nova, Grestel.<\/p>\n<p>Pulsar \u2014 Health and Well-being Bulletin is a project by the Casa Hermes Foundation and NOVA Medical School, available to read on the Skope \u2013 Museum of Medicine and Health website.<\/p>\n<p>Author:<br \/>\nMariana N\u00f3brega | Community Service Coordinator at NOVA Medical School<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What we put on our plates has a profound influence on our health and well-being. The science is clear: a balanced diet is essential in preventing chronic diseases \u2014 but turning that knowledge into simple everyday choices is not always easy. This is where the T-plate comes in. Inspired by the Mediterranean diet, the T-plate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":6254,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundacaocasahermes.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundacaocasahermes.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundacaocasahermes.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundacaocasahermes.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundacaocasahermes.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6315"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/fundacaocasahermes.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6320,"href":"https:\/\/fundacaocasahermes.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6315\/revisions\/6320"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundacaocasahermes.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundacaocasahermes.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundacaocasahermes.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundacaocasahermes.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}