Study looks at anti-cancer properties of olive oil
A study published in the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) Journal examined how olive oil may account for the significant difference in cancer rates between Northern and Southern Europeans.
The researchers looked at urine samples from volunteers from Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, and Spain, who consumed 25 milliliters of olive oil every day for three weeks. They measured levels of specific compounds known to be waste by-products of oxidative damage to cells, a precursor to cancer.
At the beginning of the trial, the presence of these waste by-products was much higher in Northern European subjects than their Southern European counterparts. By the end of three weeks, however, the presence of this compound in Northern European subjects was substantially reduced.
Another olive related product that has been receiving attention lately for its health benefits is olive leaf extract. The product is usually sold as a nutritional supplement in health stores and pharmacies.
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Küçükbay group will grow with olive oil
Küçükbay Yağ ve Deterjan Sanayi A.Ş., accounting for 15 percent of the olive oil market and recording a turnover of $140 million at the end of 2006, intends to expand by 25 percent in 2007 and introduce itself to rest of the world with its own brand of olive oil.
Küçükbay Chairman Ahmet Küçükbay said they have chosen the United States and Japan as target markets, with their Orkide Riviera and Orkide Olive Oil brands in new packaging.
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Want to know the difference between green and black olives?
Aside from taste and color, they are from the same tree.
The only difference is the ripeness — green are picked when they are immature, and black olives stay on longer.
Unopened cans of olives have a shelf life of three to four years if stored on your pantry shelf.
Once a can has been opened, the olives will stay edible for approximately 10 days in the original brine, loosely covered with plastic wrap. —
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Tangy Olives Spread Goes Nicely With Sparkling Wine
by Andrea Clurfeld,
Can you believe the amazing selection of olives we enjoy today at both area specialty markets and better supermarkets? It’s a brave new olive world in our area.
I was at Dearborn Farms in Holmdel the other day and I couldn’t resist buying pounds and pounds of Greek, Italian and French olives from the olive bar — black ones, purple ones, green ones, gigantic olives, tiny olives. At Sickles Market in Little Silver, at the A&P in Wall, at the Acme on Route 9 in Freehold Township, I found more, more, more olives and I bought, bought, bought.
Suddenly, I had an olive crisis at my house: They’d taken over my fridge and I couldn’t fit in the broccoli, lemons and juices that needed refrigeration. I popped as many olives into my mouth as I could eat in one sitting, then figured I’d better get pitting.
What I did with many of my pitted olives might interest you on New Year’s Eve as you pop a cork on your bubbly: I made a tangy olive spread that proved the perfect partner for sparkling wine. Champagne, or any form of bubbly (think prosecco and cava, especially), loves foods that are salty; those bubbles, that fizziness, serve to tame the salt. It’s always about balance, food-and-wine pairings, and this one’s a ringer. Happy New Year!
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Spain: New study says olive stones can be used to treat industrial waste
By M.P.
A scientist at Granada University has discovered that the stones of the olive could be used to decontaminate industrial waste.
Professor Germán Tenorio, who carried out the investigation, says the stones can remove heavy metal ions from contaminated waste water by a process of bio absorption, due to their ability to attract and retain ions on their surface.
He said in a press release on Tuesday that his discovery could not only be a new alternative to much more complex and expensive systems currently in use, but could also solve finding a use for this by-product of olive oil production.
The olive stones, he said, are ‘clean and cheap, and are available in large quantities’ in Andalucía.
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