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Olive oil has become part of the fight against the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) – the cause of AIDS – thanks to research carried out by the Bionat team, from the University of Granada, headed by Prof. Andres Garc?Granados, senior lecturer in Organic Chemistry. Their work shows that maslinic acid – a natural product extracted […]

Olive oil lovers and medical experts stressed, during a conference in Athens yesterday, the benefits to people’s health from consuming the oil, including reducing the risk of death among diabetes sufferers. Recent studies have shown that consuming olive oil helps to reduce blood pressure and the possibility of a person suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, said […]

By Rasheeda Bhagat, Any visitor to Athens, Greece, soon finds out that the olive tree and everything to do with it, be it the leaves, branches, olives or olive oil, is almost a kind of cult here. Considered the food of Greek Olympic gods, in Mediterranean culture the olive oil has been considered sacred for […]

The 94th international meeting on olive oil, which opened here in Spanish capital three days ago, appointed Iran as the president of ‘Olive International High Council’. In a ceremony attended by representatives from 13 member states and those recently joining the council, Davoud Salehi, Iran’s ambassador to Spain took over from Egypt as the council’s […]

On Sunday, Coldiretti Ascoli-Fermo will collect signatures in Grottammare in support of labels indicating the origin of olive oil. “Aside from a DOP olive oil (from protected origin), three traditional food oils, an IGP (protected geographic indication) coming soon and two oil cities, over half of oil in the Marche region is produced in the […]