Diane Kochilas, a chef and cooking teacher, lives between Greece and the US, but Ikaria is her spiritual home. Ikaria is a Blue Zone, where one in three residents make it to their 90s, and rates of dementia and some other chronic diseases...
Read moreFor an impressive seventh consecutive year, the Mediterranean diet has been named the best overall diet by US NEWS & WORLD REPORT. But its accolades don’t stop there. This diet also tops the charts in several other key categories...
Read moreOlive oil is one of the most popular types of oils on the market, and it is also versatile and healthy. For some countries, olive oil is more than merely a condiment, cooking staple, or healthy option, is a source of revenue. In fact, for places...
Read moreAccording to studies in the World Journal of Gastroenterology, about 6% of the world’s population is sensitive to gluten. Non-celiac gluten sensitivity, referred to as NCGS, is different from celiac disease, where the person has an autoimmune...
Read moreThe antioxidants in olive oil may help protect the body from cellular damage that can lead to a range of health conditions and diseases. Extra virgin olive oil has a bitter flavor, but it contains more antioxidants than other types, as it...
Read moreOlive oil producers in Spain, Italy and Greece are grappling with challenges that threaten the viability of the sector. Rising production costs are straining the olive oil sector in southern Europe amid a second poor harvest for...
Read moreNew pessimistic olive oil production estimates from Italy indicate the harvest could fall by as much as 120,000 tons, 37 percent, compared to last year. The result may be even worse if the research conducted by the Italian Institute for...
Read moreTYPES OF EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL Organic Olive Oil It comes from olive groves to which the producer does not apply any chemicals, pesticides and fertilizers. First Cold Pressed Olive Oil OR Cold Extraction. It is obtained by crushing the...
Read moreStudies have shown that it can do everything from reduce blood pressure and cholesterol, to fight cancer. And Greek olive oil might just be the healthiest. The ancient Greeks had it right. Homer, the author of The Iliad and The Odyssey, referred...
Read moreResearchers recently published the results of a study that examined the benefits of olive oil in lowering cardiovascular disease incidence. Cardiovascular disease is one of the leading causes of death in Canada with roughly one Canadian dying...
Read moreThe perennial olive tree under which Plato is believed to have taught his students 2,400 years ago, is gone. In 1976 a bus run into it and fractured its trunk. The broken part of the tree was then transferred to the nearby Agricultural University...
Read moreLately many have started using the Instant Pot for cooking. http://blog.aboutoliveoil.org/can-i-use-olive-oil-in-my-instant-pot Source: North American Olive Oil Association.
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