Huile d’olive: La recette tunisienne
Par Yousra Mahfoud,
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C’est une bonne campagne d’exportation de l’huile d’olive qui s’annonce en Tunisie. Selon les statistiques officielles, la saison, qui s’achève en octobre, a permis d’exporter plus de 100.000 tonnes d’huile d’olive.
Les prémisses d’une bonne année d’exportations oléicoles se confirment donc de plus en plus.
Durant les sept premiers mois de l’année 2006, les expéditions avaient enregistré une progression de 18% par rapport à la même période de l’année 2005.
Pourtant, si la campagne actuelle a été exceptionnelle au niveau de la production, elle a néanmoins enregistré un passage à vide. Les exportateurs ont été pris de court par l’évolution des prix au niveau international.
Olive Oil is good for your skin and massage
Olive oil is a versatile medium
Pure olive oil is not only rich in vitamins and minerals but also acts as a very good and effective anti-oxidant. This is the reason that olive oil can also protect your skin from harmful ultra-violet rays. Other than these, olive oil also acts as a very good healing agent. With all these properties, olive oil can be very beneficial for your skin.
The oil tends to percolate into the skin pores and then moisturizes the skin. Olive oil is also the preferred oil for massaging a baby as it makes their skin soft, supple and healthy. The oil is also very beneficial and effective for dry and bad hair, as it not only nourishes them but also gives it a very good shine.
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Tunisie: Beja début de saison pour l’olive
Par Ridha Bahlous,
Beja – Des pluies bénéfiques et démarrage prometteur

La saison agricole a démarré dans des conditions favorables. Les dernières pluies ont été bénéfiques à plus d’un titre. En effet, le travail de la terre se fait dans d’excellentes conditions. Les préparatifs ont commencé depuis plusieurs semaines déjà par l’évaluation de la campagne précédente.
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Dans la région, les 27.700 hectares d’oliveraies sont dans un état physiologique et sanitaire satisfaisant. Mais à cause de l’alternance de la campagne, la récolte est estimée à seulement 13.000 tonnes (2.300 tonnes d’huile) et pour ce qui est de l’olive de table, la récolte est estimée à 1.300 tonnes
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Walnuts May Beat Olive Oil for Heart Health
The California Walnut Board — which has also funded several similar studies — petitioned the U.S. Food and Drug Administration more than two years ago for its permission to formally claim that walnuts reduce the risk of heart disease.
So far, the FDA has only approved a “qualified health claim,” which says that “supportive but not conclusive research shows that eating 1.5 ounces of walnuts per day as part of a low-saturated-fat and low cholesterol diet, and not resulting in increased caloric intake, may reduce the risk of coronary heart disease.”
For its part, the American College of Cardiology had the paper reviewed by Dr. Robert A. Vogel, professor of medicine at the University of Maryland. He issued a statement saying, “This demonstrates that the protective fat from walnuts actually undoes some of the detrimental effects of a high-saturated-fat diet, whereas a neutral fat, such as olive oil, does not have as much protective ability.”
People who eat the so-called “Mediterranean diet” — lauded by many nutritionists as heart-healthy — believe that olive oil provides the major cardiac benefit, “but this research indicates that’s not true,” Vogel said. “There are probably other factors in the diet, including that it is a relatively rich source of nuts.”
Mediterranean diet helps against Alzheimer’s
A so-called Mediterranean diet centered on fruits, vegetables, olive oil and a paucity of red meat and dairy products may lower the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, for reasons that are unclear, researchers said on Monday.
The finding from Columbia University Medical Center in New York was based on a look at 1,984 adults with an average age of about 76, of whom 194 already had the debilitating brain disease and 1,790 did not. What they ate during the preceding 12 months was analyzed for how well it matched the Mediterranean diet.
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The study, published in the Archives of Neurology, said there is growing evidence that the Mediterranean diet cuts the risk of stroke, heart disease and diabetes, suggesting that vascular factors may contribute to the chances of developing Alzheimer’s.
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