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The Cretan Diet

Crete, the Cretan diet, Mediterranean diet.Olive oil, mountain greens, salads and fruit. Cretan recipe for health.

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Where Does The Best Olive Oil Come From?

It's a question nearly as old as "Which came first, the Chicken or the Egg?" If the truth be known, there probably have been Wars started over the question of who produces the best Olive Oil. Certianly more...

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Olive Oil

Olive oil is produced from the fruit of the olive tree, Olea Europea. Not only valuable in culinary terms, the oil was used in ancient times as an ointment for the body and hair, as a healing ointment, in both the making of terra-cotta lamps and as the fuel to light them. With such prolific qualities, the tree and its subsequent oil became an important source of income. Trade saw widespread growth of the tree throughout the Mediterranean.

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