The Olive Wellness Institute is a science repository on the nutrition,
health and wellness benefits of olives and olive products, which is
all subject to extensive peer review.
There’s always excitement around the arrival of new-season extra virgin olive oil (EVOO). Following the Southern Hemisphere harvest from April – June, fresh oils from Australia, Argentina, South Africa and...
With feedback to FSANZ open until July 5th, now is the time for health professionals, researchers and industry to provide input on how cooking oils are assessed in the Health...
From new dietary guidelines to mandated front-of-pack labelling, it has been an action-packed couple of months in the health and nutrition space across the globe. Today we turn our attention...
Over the last few years, the term “polyphenol” has become a recurring buzzword across research articles, health blogs and nutrition conversations. Working closely with extra virgin olive oil (EVOO), it...
Whether you’re a nutrition professional or simply passionate about healthy eating, it is time for us to review Australia’s latest National Nutrition Survey results. Practising in Australia or abroad –...
Written by Dr Paul Mason World Olive Day celebrates a tree older than writing, and it’s a tree worth safeguarding. Olives have played an important role in cultures of eating...
Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are having a moment. They’re splashed across headlines and hotly debated in research circles. But here’s the problem – there isn’t an agreed scientific definition yet and...
Let’s talk about food waste – the limp herbs, the yellowing broccoli, the half-eaten avocado, the forgotten pasta lurking in the fridge. Australian households toss around 2.5 million tonnes of...
The Olive Wellness Institute Scientific Advisory Panel has carefully reviewed a recent publication by Wing et al in Cell Reports of a mechanistic study in mice; results from this study...
Let’s be honest – when most of us hear “dietary guidelines,” our eyes glaze over faster than a soggy doughnut. But these official documents quietly shape a lot more than...
Across all areas of health and nutrition, extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) is most well-known for its heart health benefits.1, 2 Whether you are observing trends within big databases or...
From brain, to gut, to heart health, there are many ways extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) supports our wellbeing due to its healthy fat profile and abundance of bio-active compounds.1-3...