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Article: CHANGING YOUR OIL OLIVE OIL NEWS HAS COOKS POPEYED
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- Post-Tribune (IN)
- Article date:
- April 18, 1990
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Wine, pasta and olive oil: Those are the three staples of the Mediterranean diet. And while Americans have consumed pasta and wine in copious quantities for quite some time, olive oil is just beginning to come into its own as a valued dietary component.
Scientific research has found that Mediterraneans who stick to a traditional diet that is low in fats and red meats and high in olive oil have half as many heart attacks and much less colon and breast cancer than do Americans.
The recent frenzy of cholesterol-consciousness in this country has put the spotlight on olive oil, because it is a monounsaturated fat ...