| Extra virgin olive oil is very special and unique. This | | | | breast cancers, according to an article by |
| is something that people along the Mediterranean, | | | | Northwestern University researchers published in |
| as well as gourmets everywhere, have known | | | | the Jan. 10 issue of the Annals of Oncology.' - |
| for a long time. Thomas Jefferson is even said to | | | | Northwestern University |
| have considered the olive tree as ‘surely the | | | | 7 - "Olive Oil Reduces the Need for Blood |
| richest gift of Heaven'. Well, recent studies show | | | | Pressure Drugs" |
| that President Jefferson might just have been | | | | "Olive oil is widely advocated as being good for |
| right. | | | | preventing heart disease, but has not hitherto |
| Here are 10 reasons why real extra virgin olive oil | | | | been associated with blood pressure reduction. An |
| should be a part of everyone's diet: | | | | Italian study now suggests that it may lower |
| 1 - Olive oil protects against heart disease - "Olive | | | | blood pressure." |
| oil's heart effect located" | | | | - Cardiovascular Institute at Mount Sinai School of |
| ‘Scientists say they have pinpointed the | | | | Medicine, New York |
| micronutrients in olive oil that make it a good | | | | 8 - "Olive oil 'acts like painkiller" |
| heart protector.' ‘Virgin or extra virgin olive | | | | ‘Researchers found 50g of extra-virgin olive |
| oils are best because they have the highest | | | | oil was equivalent to about a tenth of a dose of |
| phenol content, the Journal of the American | | | | ibuprofen. ... an ingredient in the oil acted as an |
| College of Cardiology reports' - Hospital | | | | anti-inflammatory' - Monell Chemical Senses |
| Universitario Reina Sofia, Cordoba (Spain) | | | | Centre |
| 2 - Alzheimer's - "How you can take brain health | | | | 9 - Circulation - "Blood vessels appear healthier |
| to heart" | | | | after people consume olive oil high in phenolic |
| ‘Studies have shown that high intake of | | | | compounds" |
| saturated fat and cholesterol clogs the arteries | | | | "Phenolic compounds in olive oil, which have |
| and is associated with higher risk for Alzheimer's | | | | antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-clotting |
| disease. Use mono and polyunsaturated fats, such | | | | properties, may explain cardiovascular health |
| as olive oil. - Alzheimer's Association | | | | benefits associated with the so-called |
| 3 - "Olive Oil Could Help Fight Colon Cancer" | | | | Mediterranean Diet" - American College of |
| ‘Researchers at the University of Ulster have | | | | Cardiology |
| found new evidence of the link between virgin | | | | 10 - Skin Health - "Eat your wrinkles away" |
| olive oil and healthy living.' ‘The team of | | | | "The study authors speculated that certain foods |
| researchers ..... concluded that a mixture of | | | | offered skin protection due to their high levels of |
| compounds, called phenols, extracted from virgin | | | | antioxidants such asvitamins A, C and E. |
| olive oil could safeguard against colon cancer. | | | | Monounsaturated fats such as olive oil may offer |
| Colon cancer is one of the most common forms | | | | protection through the same mechanism...fatty |
| of cancer in the Western world - and the second | | | | acids are present in the skin, and |
| highest cause of cancer death in the US.' - | | | | monounsaturated fats resist oxidative damage." - |
| University of Ulster | | | | Monash University, Melbourne |
| 4 - "Virgin olive oil may protect against skin | | | | However, there is a proviso: Dr. Robert F. Wilson, |
| cancer" | | | | M.D., of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis |
| ‘Scientists now say an application of virgin | | | | stated the following: ‘not all olive oils have a |
| olive oil after sunbathing may protect against skin | | | | high phenolic content.' "So these results might not |
| cancer.' | | | | be true for all olive oil on the shelf at the grocery |
| - Kobe University School of Medicine | | | | store". The reason for this is that many brands |
| 5 - "Olive Oil Seems To Protect Against Bowel | | | | labeled as ‘extra virgin olive oil' are diluted with |
| Cancer" | | | | other oils so the phenolic content is equally |
| ‘Olive oil seems to protect against bowel | | | | diminished.In view of the foregoing, olive oil |
| cancer, suggests research involving 28 countries in | | | | consumers should accept no substitutes - |
| the Journal of Epidemiology and Community | | | | Whereas the taste and flavor enhancing |
| Health.' - Center for the Advancement of Health | | | | properties are more than enough reason to |
| 6 - "Northwestern Study Shows Why Olive Oil | | | | include extra virgin olive oil as part of our daily |
| Protects Against Breast Cancer" | | | | diet, when the health benefits are factored in - |
| ‘Oleic acid, the main monounsaturated fatty | | | | the case for real extra virgin olive oil becomes |
| acid contained in olive oil, can cripple a cancer gene | | | | compelling. |
| that is responsible for 25 to 30 percent of all | | | | |