Health Facts

• "New Italian research finds olive oil contains antioxidants, similar to those in tea and red wine, that combat disease processes, including LDL cholesterol's ability to clog arteries."
  • Jean Carper, leading authority on health and nutrition, an award winning correspondent for CNN, author of "The Food Pharmacy" and "Food-Your Miracle Medicine" and a nationally syndicated column
• "I love the whole idea of olive oil's versatility. I use it for baking, as well as salad dressings and sautéing. Olive Oil has been around for a long time, and the more we know about it, the more we learn about its great contribution to good health."
  • Pat Baird, dietician and nutrition consultant, author of "The Pyramid Cookbook: Pleasures of the Food Guide Pyramid"
• "American women might actually experience as much as a fifty percent (50%) reduction in breast cancer risk if they consumed more olive oil in place of saturated fats."
  • Dr. Dimitrios Trichopoulos, chairman of the Department of Epidemiology,
    Harvard University School of Public Health
• "I like the taste of olive oil. And, because olive oil is so flavorful, a little goes a long way while cooking, which is great for people like me who watch their fat intake."
  • Dr. Barbara Levine, director of the Nutrition Information Center
    at the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center
    and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
• "Olive oil has a protective effect against some types of malignant tumors: prostate, breast, colon, squamous cell, and oesophageal."
  • Dr. Dimitrios Trichopoulos, chairman of the Department of Epidemiology,
    Harvard University School of Public Health
• "Olive oil has been shown to strengthen the inmune system in mice. Diets high in olive oil do not suppress lymphoblastogenesis, CD11a and CD18, and increase expression and capping of CD44 and CD25."
  • D. Peck
    School of Medicine
    University of Miami
• "In vitro and in vivo (in animals), the minor polar components of extra virgin olive oil increase significantly the resistance of LDL to oxidation.
  • Bruno Berra
    Facolta di Farmacia, Milan
• "An 'American version' of the Mediterranean Diet was developed meeting all the nutritional guidelines of the United States. The feasibility and acceptability of the diet amongst healthy American adults and subjects who had recently survived a myocardial infartion were very good"
  • R. Curtis Ellison
    Boston University School of Medicine
• "Olive oil prevents insulin resistance and ensures better control of the glucose in the blood."
  • A.A. Rivellese, G. Riccardi, M. Mancini
    Institute of Internal Medicine and Metabolism Disease
    University of Federico II, Naples