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Cibo Specialty Foods Issues Nationwide Alert on Potential Botulism Risk Associated with Specific Lots from Eight Varieties of Dal Raccolto Brand Olives Contact: Mickey Colombo 718-967-6858 Cibo Specialty Foods, a division of Colavita USA, L.L.C. of Linden, N.J., is voluntarily recalling the following olive products sold under the “DAL RACCOLTO” brand. Immediately stop using the […]

Dear Dr. Fox: One year, there was a flea infestation in our area. A friend told me if I rubbed my dog’s coat and skin with olive oil, the fleas and itching would go away. I tried it, and the constant itching and fleas disappeared as if by magic. — M.M., Clifton Park, N.Y. Dear […]

by Chantelle Janelle, Fats are a necessary part of a balanced diet but all fats are not created equal. Cooks who reach for healthy oils are on the right track. Culinary instructor Duncan Howden says the traditional cooking fat chefs prefer is butter. “Most chefs are taught from the beginning how to work with and […]

María-Isabel Covas, MSc, PhD, and Jukka T. Salonen, MD, PhD 6 March 2007 | Volume 146 Issue 5 | Pages 394-395 IN RESPONSE: We agree with Mascitelli and colleagues that an interaction between polyphenols from olive oil and iron metabolism could, at least in part, explain the reduction in oxidative lipid damage observed in the […]

By Michael Devlin, The Ulster Herald Even Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine, recommended the juices of fresh olives as a cure for mental illness and poultices of macerated olives for ulcers. And just last year Danish scientists found that adding plenty of olive oil to a diet could help protect against cell damage that […]