Olive oil
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18/12/2008 - Olive Oil Might Contribute to a Lowering of Breast Cancer Risk
New research published in the journal BMC Cancer sheds more light on the suspected association between olive oil-rich Mediterranean diets and reductions in breast cancer risk.Researchers from the Catalan Institute of Oncology and the University of Granada in Spain have revealed for the first time that all the major complex polyphenols present in good quality extra-virgin olive oil drastically suppress over expression of the cancer gene HER2 in human breast cancer cells.
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14/12/2008 - Study Reveals the Anti-Inflammatory Properties of Virgin Olive Oil
Researchers from the Lipids and Atherosclerosis Unit of the Reina Sofía University Hospital in Spain have conducted a study in order to determine the influence of the micronutrients of certain fats on cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and cancer, and if their consumption might modify the inflammatory process in healthy people.
They studied diets based on three different fatty compositions, namely extra virgin olive oil, nuts and butter, observing that extra virgin olive oil modulates a healthy downward trend on individuals? inflammatory levels, whereas a diet rich in nuts has an intermediate effect and the diet rich in butter exerts a damaging effect on inflammation mediators.
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