Navigating Greek Cuisine with G6PD Deficiency: Your Food Safety Guide

Traveling to Greece with Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency? This guide helps you savor Greek food safely while avoiding triggers like fava beans – plus discover how the mm food app protects you.

G6PD Triggers to Avoid in Greek Food

Greece's delicious cuisine hides risks for G6PD deficiency sufferers:

• Fava Beans: Ubiquitous in dishes like fava dip (Santorini's specialty) and traditional stews.
• Legume Cross-Contamination: Watch for lentils (fakes soup), chickpeas (revithia), or beans in salads/sauces.
• Mediterranean Herbs: Avoid anise-flavored drinks like ouzo or tsipouro and mint teas, which may contain unsafe compounds.
• Processed Meats: Some sausages (loukaniko) use broad bean flour as filler.

Safe Greek Food Choices with G6PD

Enjoy worry-free with these options:

• Grilled Seafood/Meats: Souvlaki (skewers), psari plaki (baked fish)
• Dairy & Veggies: Dolmades (grape leaves, rice-only), spanakopita (spinach pie), Greek yogurt
• Grain-Based Dishes: Pita bread, moussaka (without bean layers), rice dishes
• Fruit Desserts: Loukoumades (honey puffs), fresh figs, citrus

Pro Tips for Dining in Greece

1. Learn key phrases: "Chorís fáva?" ("No fava beans?") and "Ého defekt stin G6PD" ("I have G6PD deficiency").
2. Avoid street foods with unclear ingredients.
3. Steer clear of herbal remedies or unknown supplements.

How mm food App Protects You in Greece

Transform dining anxiety into confidence:

1. Multi-Lingual Menu Translation: Instantly scan Greek menus into your native language.
2. AI-Powered G6PD Screening: Set your profile to detect fava beans, legumes, sulfites, and other risks in dishes.
3. Real-Time Alerts: See color-coded dish ratings:
   • 🔴 Avoid: Fava dip, gigantes plaki (giant beans)
   • 🟢 Safe: Grilled octopus, tzatziki, Greek salad
4. Custom Warnings: Flag personal triggers beyond the standard G6PD list.

Embrace Greece’s culinary magic without compromise. With mm food’s instant translation and AI safety checks, you’ll savor every souvlaki bite worry-free!