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Sales of olive oil have risen by almost 40% over the past five or so years. Olive oil is now the best selling oil of all, easily outstripping vegetable oils and other oils. This is good news. Not just because olive oil tastes so good, but because it has been proven to be better for […]

RMIT University researchers have described the promising cardioprotective effects of an Australian olive leaf extract at the American Heart Association’s 7th Annual Conference in Denver, USA. Indu Singh, who led the RMIT research team, said the olive extract reduced blood platelet aggregation in laboratory investigations. “Polyphenols from this olive leaf extract significantly inhibited platelet aggregation […]

The first 340 indigenous Maltese olive trees produced following the launch of the Project for the Revival of the Maltese Olive (PRIMO) in January last year are being planted in various localities in the country. A batch of 50 indigenous Maltese olive trees of the Bidnija variety was planted yesterday by Bank of Valletta employees […]

A related posts here. ROME, Italy (Reuters) — When you buy a bottle of olive oil, the rolling Tuscan hills on the label and the “made in Italy” stamp should reassure you the product is as Italian as Chianti or Armani. In fact, there is no guarantee the oil is from Italy. That would change […]