The following is excerpted from an article by Yvette Brazier that appeared in Medical News Today on January 25, 2016. Frying in extra virgin olive oil is healthier than other cooking methods, according to research published in Food Chemistry. Numerous studies have extolled the virtues of the Mediterranean diet. There is evidence that it leads […]
Reprinted from an article by the Endocrine Society, March 20, 2018. The heart-healthy Mediterranean diet also appears to be good for an older woman’s bones and muscles, a new study of postmenopausal women in Brazil finds. The study results were presented Monday, March 26, at ENDO 2018, the Endocrine Society’s 100th annual meeting in Chicago. […]
Sandwiched between the Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean is Chile, a slender, sinuous country that for me, has become an invaluable hunting ground for premium extra virgin olive oil.
Greetings from Spain! This land has been an olive oil–producing powerhouse for millennia. Cultivated olive trees were introduced to Spain and Portugal an estimated 3,000 years ago, by the Phoenicians. It was the ancient Romans, though, who really got the millstones rolling.
