Salad Dressing Base
Let’s prevent cancers! Salads are a great side dish and can also be a main course when topped with some beans, grilled fish or chicken. You’ll Need 3 Tablespoons Olive Oil 1 Tablespoon Balsamic Vinegar Brown mustard to reach a consistency you like Directions Using a fork, mix...
Baba Ganoush (Roasted Eggplant Dip)
This is a wonderful dish to make with eggplant that needs to be used up.You’ll Need 1 Large eggplant 1 clove garlic, crushed 1 teaspoon salt ¼ cup Tahini (sesame seed paste) 2 Tablespoons water ¼ cup lemon juice Lemon wedges Parsley 2 Tablespoons Olive oil plus extra for...
Olive Oil Lovers Will Love This
Olive oil was Athena’s gift to Greece, according to legend, and the happy recipients of the largess d’godess took it straight to heart — literally.It turns out that those who use olive oil regularly are less likely to have your blood vessels pop open in your brain, making your...
How To Halt Breast Cancer Tumors
It’s Olive Oil … no kidding. This is according to a study conducted by researchers from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain, and published in the journal Carcinogenesis.This research suggested that you could take up to 10 teaspoons of EVOO every day. 10 tsps is absurd, and no sane person on Earth...
EVOO Amps Up Good Cholesterol
Okay, I have to apologize for quoting the ever-perky Rachael Ray (EVOO!! :), happy face, smiley face with an i with a heart over it ;), ooh, another perky icon!) Enough of that. The bottom line for you and me is that we need this oil in our lives,...
Mediterranean Diet Better for Breast Cancer SurvivorsOlive-oil enriched diet helps breast cancer survivors lose more weight
The Mediterranean diet, rich in olive oil, seems to be a better diet for weight loss and weight loss maintenance. This article reports on a study in breast cancer survivors. Here’s why that’s important. For women with breast cancer, excess weight at the time of diagnosis, or even moderate...
The Fats That Are Good Fats
Good fats are SO good. They turn out to be critical for you to include for so many reasons, including your eyes. This piece in CNN reports on work published Monday in the Archives of Ophthalmology, showing that these foods — which contain healthy fats — can reduce the...