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May is the time to celebrate National Mediterranean Diet Month, based on the healthy diets of Greece, Crete and Southern Italy.
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Mornington -
I left England's winter to journey to Australia's much milder autumn and sampled not only culinary fruits of the region but cultural ones too.
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Kalamatas -
The season may be winter yet the days are blissfully warm, perfect for the olive season. At this time of year Greece becomes a nation of olive pickers as the precious olives are harvested to produce olive oil. Locally we produce the best oil in Greece.
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Researchers at the Monell Centre have found oleocanthal, a naturally-occurring compound found in extra-virgin olive oil, alters the structure of neurotoxic proteins.
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From July 1 2009, all virgin and extra virgin olive oil will have to be labeled with the country of origin under a new European Community rule. The current optional labelling, dating from 2002, 'has proven insufficient," the EC has announced.
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Researchers in Spain investigating the components of naturally processed olive oil found that phytochemicals suppress growth of breast cancer cells in culture.
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U.S. researchers found that olive oil helps prevent cancer and aging by protecting DNA from excessive damage. A normal consumption of olive oil on a daily basis is sufficient protection.
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Olive Oil Headlines
Eating fried food is not bad for the heart, as long as you use olive or sunflower oil to make it, experts suspect.
 Federal Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver is calling a European effort to bar oil imports from Alberta's oilsands nothing more than grandstanding
 There is plenty of oilsands oil for all buyers and it's not dirtier than any other type of oil, Canada's Natural Resources Minister told delegates at the International Energy Forum in Kuwait.
TV chef Jamie Oliver says Education Secretary Michael Gove is endangering pupils' nutrition by not controlling what food academy schools provide.
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver and England footballer Steven Gerrard are calling on the government to fight obesity through cookery teaching in schools.
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Fresh olive oil produced in factory in the Mani, Greece
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