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The United Nations Environmental Program has established that 23% of European soils are chemically, physically or biologically degraded by heavy metals, chemical fertilizers or pesticides, compaction and erosion, or loss of organic matter and biodiversity that may significantly change crop development. By Beltrn, Eulalia M; de Imperial, Rosario Miralles; Porcel, Miguel A; Beringola, M Luisa; […]

ISLAMABAD: Add another food to the list of those that can help fight off cancer. Called autumn olives, the berries have tremendously high levels of lycopene, which is supposed to help prevent cancer, according to an article. The berries have up to 17 times more lycopene than tomatoes. The berries look and taste a little […]

If you want to avoid developing cancer, then you might want to add eating more olive oil to your list of New Year’s resolutions. In a study to be published in the January 2007 issue of The FASEB Journal, scientists from five European countries describe how the anti-cancer effects of olive oil may account for […]

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 […]