February 21st, 2008
Would you drink one glass of olive oil for a chance to live to 120 years old? Apparently, that’s one of Mariam Amash’s secrets to longevity. While applying for a new Israeli identity card, Mariam said she was born 120 years ago. If confirmed, that would make her the oldest person in the Guinness Book […]
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February 8th, 2008
Here’s another report touting the health benefits of olive oil.
After analysing samples from 15 olive oil mills, researchers have demonstrated that olive oil is very rich in polyphenols. According to Professors Alberto Fernández and Antonio Segura, “as preventive substances, polyphenols help to combat any oxidative disease associated with the degenerative process.”
The polyphenols found in olive […]
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October 31st, 2007
That olive oil is healthy is already common knowledge. But have you heard of olive extracts?
OlivActiv™ olive antioxidant is an olive fruit extract that contains 35 percent of the active ingredient hydroxytyrosol. Glanbia Nutritionals’ OlivActiv solution is considered to be the most potent olive antioxidant available on the market. OlivActiv’s antioxidant properties work to neutralize […]
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February 20th, 2007
A lot of health benefits have been attributed to olive oil. Here’s a new one: preliminary studies indicate olive oil might help prevent and treat Helicobacter pylori infections which cause gastritis and peptic ulcers.
Brenes and colleagues used laboratory experiments to demonstrate that under simulated conditions the healthful phenolic compounds in extra virgin olive oil […]
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October 11th, 2006
Autumn is really a bountiful season. Thanksgiving is just a couple of weeks away, a celebration of harvest and all the wonderful food we are blessed with after a productive summer. Fruits are a-plenty… and nuts, too!
When I did my grocery shopping yesterday, I also saw bags and bags of walnuts. I should have gotten […]
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