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Foods, Herbs, & MedicinesOlive Oil--Extra Virgin
Olive oil is almost unique among the oils in that it can be consumed in its crude form without refining. Not refining the oil has the benefit of conserving the vitamins, essential fatty acids, antioxidants, and other nutrients. The powerful antioxidants in real extra virgin olive oil are beneficial to health and protect us from damage caused by free radical oxidation.
Cell membranes contain fatty acids that are highly susceptible to free radical damage. This damage produces lipid peroxides that can kill the cell. Real olive oil contains antioxidants (polyphenols, Vitamin E, and other natural antioxidants) that prevent this type of damage. Numerous studies show that olive oil reduces cholesterol, lowers blood pressure, inhibits platelet aggregation, and lowers the incidence of breast cancer. Because it is so rich in antioxidants, olive oil appears to dramatically reduce the oxidation of LDL cholesterol, thereby preventing heart disease. These same natural antioxidants also add to the stability, shelf life, and flavor of the oil. Unfortunately, a great scandal rocked the olive oil industry when it was found that cheap refined oils had been added to olive oil, and than many new quicker, cheaper manufacturing methods destroyed the beneficial value of raw, cold-pressed oils. Read The Olive Oil Scandal.
There are just a few smaller Italian olive oil producers who have stuck to the old ways and maintained the healing properties and quality of their oils:
Good olive oil:
http://www.beyondhealth.com/default.asp
http://www.rawfoodfocus.com/
http://www.botanicals.net/shops/shopbotanic/catalog2.htm
http://www.celtic-seasalt.com/saltoflife/lororoloilmi.html
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Vitamin C
trials for the treatment of cancer:
When the antioxidant Vitamin C was first discovered in 1937, it was believed
to be a potent weapon against cancer and other diseases. In later years,
clinical trials were conducted by doctors notoriously against healing
"alternatives" who used only oral doses of vitamin C in conjunction
with chemotherapeutic agents, who announced "no benefit" in
widely quoted statements. However, their methods have come under fire
and new, more objective studies have been and are being conducted which
indicate the older findings may have been more accurate-- Vitamin
C Trials From THE MOSS REPORTS, by Ralph W. Moss, PhD http://www.cancerdecisions.com