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OH, THE JOY OF OLIVE OIL! LIFEstyle When Annie Hawes fell in love with an olive grove it changed her life for ever. It's no surprise, she says, that science now claims olive oil is as good for your heart as that daily dose of aspirin...
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Daily Mail
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September 5, 2005| Author:
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WHEN I read that scientists had found yet more healthgiving
properties of olive oil, I couldn't help but smile.
Not only is it good for the heart, but now American researchers
believe that extra virgin olive oil relieves pain and inflammation in
a similar way to drugs such as ibuprofen and aspirin. In the long
term, it may even protect against cancer.
Such a finding will be welcomed by every devotee of the oil. Once
found only in forbidding bottles in chemists' shops and used solely
for medicinal purposes, olive oil is now part of the staple diet of
millions of Britons.
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