Mar 20, 2013 | Olives and Health
Pour on the olive oil, preferably over fish and vegetables: one of the longest and most scientific tests of a Mediterranean diet suggests this style of eating can cut the chance of suffering heart-related problems, especially strokes, in older people at high risk of...
Feb 15, 2013 | Olives and Health
EU health claim laws that have banned the use of terms like probiotics and antioxidants because they are deemed to be implied claims, are “absurd”, a pressure group has said.
Jan 30, 2013 | NZ, Olives and Health, Research
A proof of principle study has shown that a change in diet can be remarkably effective in reducing inflammation over just six weeks. The research was conducted on a group of healthy New Zealanders. Not surprisingly, one of the major elements of the new, beneficial...
Jan 30, 2013 | International News/Trends, Olives and Health, Research
A faculty member of the University of Louisiana-Monroe has been awarded a grant to study the possible cancer-inhibiting quality of olives. The News-Star reports associate professor of pharmacy Khalid El Sayed will get a $420,500 grant from the National Institute of...
Jan 21, 2013 | Olives and Health
Medicine made more than 2,000 years ago has been discovered in an ancient Roman shipwreck. Archeologists investigating the wreck off the coast of Tuscany, Italy, say found a tin containing pills dating back to between 140 and 130 BC. They believe the medicine was an...
Nov 13, 2012 | Equipment, EVOO, International News/Trends, Labelling, NZ, Olive Oil News, Olive Oil Shows, Olives and Health, Organic, Research, Seminars/Conference, Surveys, Table Olive News
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