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Go ahead, cook with your good olive oil!

Unrefined, cold pressed virgin olive oil (VOO) is rich in interesting compounds including many unique antioxidants. Without them, olive oil would not be the healthy oil it is. A number of studies have looked at how cooking affects those antioxidants … Continue reading

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Extra Virgin Olive or High Oleic Oil?

Extra virgin olive oil is to be the dominant fat on the TQI Diet. Some people hesitate to follow this fully, having been told that EVOO is too fragile to cook with and is no healthier than various high oleic … Continue reading

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Whole Foods vs. Supplements

In class, we discuss a Finnish study that showed that male smokers eating a lot of fruits and vegetables developed less cancer than men who did not. We also consider that antioxidant supplements produce negative results in a variety of … Continue reading

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