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By David Bradley, Extracting oil from olives requires solvents and residues of halogenated solvent can sometimes leave a toxic taint in the product. European Union rules restricted the acceptable levels of these residues for the sake of public health but new sensitive and precise analytical procedures are needed to allow strict quality control and regulatory […]

ANNIEAPPLESEEDPROJECT Epidemiologic studies conducted in the latter part of the twentieth century demonstrate fairly conclusively that the people of the Mediterranean basin enjoy a healthy lifestyle with decreased incidence of degenerative diseases. The data show that populations within Europe that consume the so-called ‘Mediterranean diet’ have lower incidences of major illnesses such as cancer and […]

Olive leaf extract, which has been shown in clinical research to be effective against HIV, should be investigated for the treatment of Extremely Drug Resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB). Olive leaf extract (OLE) is a powerful anti-viral, anti-bacterial, anti-fungal and anti-inflammatory agent which has been shown to be effective in the treatment of many conditions where antibiotics […]

An interesting question from theoliveblog

A good explanation about why the olive oil is so healty: By Paul Taylor, Olive oil is one of the cornerstones of the healthy Mediterranean diet. Researchers have long believed that the most important health-promoting substance in olive oil is oleic acid, a monounsaturated fat. But if the researchers were right, then all monounsaturated fats […]