Spotlight On: Olive Oil


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Olive oil is commonly found in skin care products, with companies claiming olive oil to be a “super antioxidant” that makes skin “smoother and more radiant.”  Yet, how potent is olive oil as an antioxidant, and what exactly are the scientifically proven improvements it has for the skin? Olive oil as anti-carcinogenic Topical application of extra virgin olive oil has been shown in a 1998 study in Carcinogenesis to inhibit chemically-induced tumor activation in the mouse, and in a 2000 study also in Carcinogenesis to... read more