Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Positive Effects of Extra Virgin Olive Oil


As more and more women fight against the battle against cancer, more and more researchers strive hard to figure out and discover a way to combat it. Researchers from the Catalonian Institute of Oncology (ICO) in Girona and the University of Granada in Spain have discovered that extra virgin olive oil appears to be a powerful weapon against breast cancer.

Researches found that the phenolic compounds polyphenols - natural antioxidants found in abundance in extra virgin olive oil- are effective in fighting against the positive and negative breast cancer cells. Aside from this, extra virgin olive oil also offers other benefits such as lower incidence of cardiovascular disease and atherosclerosis as well as several types of cancers), preventing oxidative damage, quelling inflammation, regulating platelet and cellular function, and fighting infections.


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