It's very difficult to find sustainable, tasty and healthy extra virgin olive oil. Not all extra virgin olive oils are the same! Different EVOOs can have very different health benefits due to the different amount of polyphenols (anti-oxidants). Each variety of olive naturally has different amount of polyphenols. Coratina, the [...]
Extra virgin olive oil is made of, among the other things, oleic acid (monounsaturated fatty acids which reduces the level of LDL (bad) cholesterol and increases the level of HDL (good) cholesterol), Vitamins E, A, D, polyphenols (1). Thanks to the intake of the monounsaturated fatty acids, flavonoids, polyphenols, extra [...]
Know what you eat! Not all extra virgn olive oils are the same! I am not talking about adulterated oil. Even those labeled as “extra virgin olive oils”, and that are true extra virgin, can be completely different one from the other and have completely different flavors as well as [...]
A McKinsey research says that in 2015 we spent five trillion on food, with the food industry representing 10% of global consumer spending and 30% of greenhouse-gas emissions. In 2019, we are expected to spend seven trillion on food. Food does not simply nourish us. What we eat and how [...]
We are so excited to find out that our extra virgin olive oil tasting tours in Lecce got featured in the May Sunday Times Travel Magazine.I and Marika love telling our guests about the benefits of extra virgin olive oil for the heart and health in general. We love teaching [...]
