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Is Your Olive Oil "Slimy?"

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Is Your Olive Oil "Slimy?"

What’s really in your olive oil bottle?…
Olives are stone fruits, like cherries and plums. Real, extra virgin olive oil is the fresh-squeezed juice from pressed olives—seasonal, perishable, and never better than the first few weeks it was made. It’s best to choose bottled oil in dark glass or other containers that protect against light degradation, and buy a quantity you’ll use up in a relatively short period of time. Read about brands that have made false claims along with recommendations for pure, good extra virgin olive oils…

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Vitamin D Research Update & Mushrooms Food for Thought!

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Vitamin D Research Update & Mushrooms Food for Thought!

As Vitamin D is naturally present in very few foods, added to others, and can be hard to get safely in adequate amounts from the sun, it’s one nutrient that I tend to recommend as a supplement, and one that’s the focus of ongoing nutrition research. Consider how much vitamin D you may get on a daily basis—read on about amounts in food sources, recommendations and what mushrooms have to do with it!