January 08, 2008
Nutra USA ingredients.com
Scientists examine health in honey

The health benefits of honey are the focus of discussions taking place today at an international symposium bringing together scientists to examine the potential of the natural sweetener. Taking place in Sacramento, California, the event is designed to review new science and traditional medicine that supports the role of honey in human health.

March 08, 2007
Yahoo! Health
Health Tips About Oil: Pros and Cons

There is a lot of confusing information circulating about oils. Hopefully, the tips below will help you navigate your way to the good oils that will benefit your health in the long run.

December 20, 2006
Courtesy of Yahoo! News
Olive Oil May Hinder Cancer Process

People who use plenty of olive oil in their diets may be helping to prevent damage to body cells that can eventually lead to cancer, new research suggests.

December 07, 2006
Food Marketing Institute (FMI) and Prevention magazine Survey
Family Dinner Key to Healthier Eating

Americans are gathering around the dinner table to eat healthier foods, according to a new national survey released by the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) and Prevention magazine. The study found a strong correlation between consumers who try the hardest to eat healthfully, and those who eat dinner at home nearly every day.

April 19, 2006
Oakland Tribune
Sweet-tart Vinegars Add Sparkle To Salads, Main Courses

EVERY SO OFTEN, I fall in love with a new condiment. These days, the ingredient of my affection is a vinegar made from Late Harvest Sauvignon Blanc made by Napa-based Katz and Company under their KATZ Line.

July 16, 2004
Billings Gazette
Study: Olive oil, nuts help cut cancer risk

Getting plenty of vitamin E by eating foods like nuts and olive oil appears to cut in half people's risk of bladder cancer, the fourth leading cancer killer among men, a new study suggests.

May 7, 2004
MASSAROSA JOURNAL
The Olive Oil Seems Fine. Whether It's Italian Is the Issue.  By Clifford J. Levy

ASSAROSA, Italy - To divine the secrets of the famously Italian olive oils that are exported from the famously Italian countryside here, it is instructive to go right to the source. Not endless olive groves lovingly tended as if they were old friends, but more typically, a charmless tanker truck bearing foreign olive oil.

March 29, 2004
Reuters Health
Dip Into the Honey Pot for Good Health    by Merritt McKinney

Adding a little honey to your diet may do more than satisfy your sweet tooth. Honey may also boost levels of healthy antioxidants, new research suggests.

June 26, 2003
USA Today
Add 1 lb. of veggies, olive oil  by Nanci Hellmich

Eating a traditional Mediterranean diet, including a pound of vegetables and several tablespoons of olive oil a day, may reduce your risk of dying from heart disease, cancer and other causes, suggests a large new study from Greece.

 

Monday, Aug. 19, 2002
Reuters Health
Honey Shown to Boost Antioxidants in Blood   by Anne Harding

If findings from preliminary research pan out, honey could offer a sweet way to get a serving of antioxidants. Dr. Nicki Engeseth from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign reported on her research, the first to look at blood levels of antioxidants in humans after honey consumption, at the American Chemical Society's annual meeting here Monday...

Monday, Aug. 19, 2002
American Chemical Society News Service
Honey fights cholesterol as well as some fruits and vegetables  by Marvin Coyner

POMONA -- Inside this quiet place, where men and women with solemn faces sit at small tables draped with white linen, the sound is so unexpected it is almost shocking...Sllluuurrrp...It was a thick noise, with a little trill in the middle and an abrupt bite at the end. It happened so fast it was hard to tell which of them did it. They do not react at all, continuing their mostly quiet work lifting small blue jars, sniffing, sipping, taking notes. It is the first day of judging for the Los Angeles County Fair Olive Oils of the World Competition, and this is how it's done, with a few top experts, a warming pad, and the occasional burst of rude and funny noises.

Including 25 ml of virgin olive oil in our daily diet may substantially reduce cholesterol levels after just one week.

The National Honey Board is pleased to announce promising results from three clinical trials on honey for athletes. The studies were undertaken to evaluate honey compared to other popular forms of carbohydrates used by athletes. All three double-blind, placebo-controlled studies were conducted at the University of Memphis Exercise and Sport Nutrition Laboratory, led by Dr. Richard Kreider. Encouraging data were presented at the annual meetings of Experimental Biology, the American College of Sports Medicine, and the National Strength and Conditioning Association, and research papers have been submitted to appropriate peer-reviewed journals. "We wanted to see if honey would be a good source of carbohydrate for athletes in comparison to other forms of carbohydrate. Honey did as well or better in several areas," stated Dr. Kreider.

Want to fight wrinkles? The more vegetables, olive oil, fish, peas and beans, and low-fat milk products people eat, the fewer wrinkles they get, reports the current (July/August) issue of Reader's Digest New Choice.

Researchers are finding more evidence that supports the traditional Mediterranean diet. Think fish, olive oil, fruits, and vegetables.

Sonoma County, California, offers fertile land, a favorable climate, and the right karma for artisan food producers....

People on high blood pressure medications may be able to reduce the amount of medicine they take if they substitute extra-virgin olive oil for other types of fats in their diet, a study in the March 27 issue of the journal Archives of Internal Medicine reports. . .

As the waiter at Babbo in Greenwich Village set a plate of sea bass before us, he offered a little extra olive oil, crisscrossing the fillets with a thin and aromatic stream of greenish gold. When I asked what this very Italian restaurant was pouring, the waiter replied, "Our house oil is DaVero, from California." . . .

In the aroma business, they call them "noses" -- people who create and evaluate scents using their refined sense of smell. Now the California olive oil industry has noses too. In November, two dozen people passed a rigorous sensory test to become the first official evaluation panel for the fledgling California Olive Oil Council, a private group of growers and producers. . .