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-Olive Oil may be next big cash crop for local farmers
-“Looking at the global market for olive oil, we feel
that this area has a lot of potential because of the market and
the situation right now,
said Xavier Marques, Executive Director
for NursTech, Inc..."
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WESTERN FRUIT GROWER
| October 2001
-OIL CHANGE
Some believe fruit growers can cash in on the growing domestic
olive oil industry
"If you think the US is far too dependent on foreign
oil, you’d be right. Americans are increasing their consumption
of olive oil at tremendous rates as studies show how heart-
healthy it is. But while we ´re practically guzzling
the stuff, we ´re producing but a pittance..."
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AMDPress |
May 2002 | Spain
-Researchers from the University of Navarra (Spain), with
the help of the University of Harvard (EE.UU), have proved
for the first time that the use of olive oil reduces the risk
of heart attack, in some cases by up to 74%.
"The results of this pioneer study have been published
in the most recent international scientific magazine “Journal
of Epidemiology". The document, titled “Protective
effect of the olive oil against the risk of having a heart
attack: a study of cases and controls in Spain”, has
been coordinated by the headmaster of the Department of Epidemiology
and Public Health, at the University of Navarra, Miguel Angel
Martinez, and by Doctor Elena Fernandez, a specialist of cardiology
at the University clinic in Navarra..."
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