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Article: The Once and Future King; Olive Oil, the `Good Fat' of the Land
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- The Washington Post
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- February 15, 1989
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Olive oil, used for thousands of years for religious rites and
culinary delights, finally is finding its way onto the American
table.
Once considered bad for you, the age-old product is now the rage
for its healthful properties as well as its taste.
"It's a real contrast to where we've been," said Richard Sullivan
who as executive vice president of the Association of Food Industries
has represented olive-oil importers for more than a decade.
Just 10 years ago, Sullivan recalled, "doctors told patients to
avoid olive oil," thinking it was bad for digestion and bad for
cholesterol levels.
Olive oil, it seemed, "was considered only for ethnic groups,"
noted Luis Estupinan, vice ...