Olive leaf extract helps tackle blood pressure and cholesterol
Taking olive leaf extract can help tackle high blood pressure and cholesterol, a new report has found.
The study published in Phytotherapy Research today, outlines the results of tests conducted on 20 identical twins, all of whom had increased blood pressure.
Researchers used identical twins as a way of eliminating uncertainties caused by genetic variations between different test subjects.
The individuals were either given placebo capsules or capsules containing 500mg or 1000mg of olive leaf extract EFLA®943.
After eight weeks, researchers measured the blood pressures of the test subjects as well as collecting data about aspects of their lifestyle.
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Olive oil spill into Baltimore harbor probed
Workers with the state Department of the Environment and the city Fire Department plan today to flush a 2-mile stretch of sewer leading to the harbor after it was contaminated over the weekend by a 6,000-gallon olive oil spill at an East Baltimore business, authorities said.
By Gus G. Sentementes,
photo by Karl Merton Ferron,
While these agencies are involved in cleaning the spill, which leaked olive oil into the area around the Canton waterfront, city police were investigating the possibility that the leak was caused by a vandal who broke into the business and opened a valve on a container holding the oil, authorities said.
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Olive oil consumption leading to ‘serious environmental problem’
Growing demand for olive oil is leading to concerns over drought in parts of Europe, a report warns.
By Chris Irvine,
Parts of Italy, Greece, Spain and Portugal are turning into deserts and suffering water shortages because of the intense olive farming that has developed in the area, according to The Ecologist magazine.
The magazine says trees are densely packed, planted in massive irrigated lowland plains and harvested by machines that shake the trunks, which uses more water and chemicals than traditional farms on upland terraces.
It says: “To meet this new appetite mass-market brands are produced intensively, so supermarkets can sell it in high volumes at lower prices.
“Demand for cheap, mass-produced oil is making it a struggle for the smaller, traditional farms to be economically viable.”
Between 2000 and 2005, UK olive oil sales have risen by 39 per cent and more money is spent on it than all other cooking oils.
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Scottish Olive oil firm’s sizzling range
ONE of Scotland’s fastest growing olive oil companies is preparing to expand with the launch of a new range of exclusive products from Spain.
Edinburgh-based El Olivo, which has achieved rapid success with its range of award-winning Spanish olive oils, is set to diversify with the introduction of products including olive oil chocolates, olive pate with chocolate and organic olive oil cosmetics.
Founding director Maria Cumming Panadero has personally sourced the products from Spain, in a bid to cater for increasingly adventurous palettes and an emerging market for speciality Spanish foods.
“I wanted to offer something unique,” she said. “I have seen a shift in the attitudes of British consumers to food. People are keen to try new foods and experience new tastes.”
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Etude de positionnement stratégique de la branche Huilerie Tunisienne
L’oléiculture jouit d’une place stratégique dans l’agriculture avec une superficie de 1,6 millions d’hectares soit 30% des terres agricoles et 56 millions de pieds d’oliviers.
La production d’olives à huile est tributaire des conditions climatiques et reste une culture traditionnelle.
Situation nationale :
L’activité compte près de 1 440 huileries et occupe 250 000 oléiculteurs. La production est répartie entre le Sud (54%), le Centre (29%) et le Nord (17%) alors que les huileries sont essentiellement implantées au Centre (46%) et au Sud (40%).
La capacité totale de trituration est constituée de système classique (42%), de super presse (27%) et de chaîne continue (31%).
Les investissements réalisés durant la période 1993-1998 sont estimés à 14,5 M TND/an essentiellement dans la création de nouvelles huileries (6,6 M TND/an), la modernisation d’huileries anciennes (3,5 M TND/an) et l’extraction d’huile de grignons (2,2 M TND/an).
Il existe 24 unités de conditionnement d’une capacité théorique de l’ordre de 15 000 tonnes.
La consommation locale est évaluée à 53 000 T par an. L’huile d’olive représente 4% des exportations totales et 44% des exportations agroalimentaires de la Tunisie. Plus de 96% des exportations sont destinées à l’Italie et à l’Espagne.
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