Extra Virgin Olive Oil Explained: Organic Olive Oil Benefits for Skin, Hair and Nutrition - Paperback

by Joyce Zborower M. a. (Author)

What IS Extra Virgin Olive Oil? How Do We USE It? WHY Is It Good For Us? How Do We Know What We're Buying Is REALLY What It Says It Is? Extra Virgin Olive Oil Explained is NOT a cook book. There are no recipes for cooking in the Mediterranean style. There are no pizza recipes. This book answers these and many other questions If anything, you could say this book is a celebration of the benefits the lowly little olive showers on those who embrace its many flavors and colors by using it - both internally (by eating it) and externally (by rubbing it on their skin and in their hair). The health giving benefits of olive oil (anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory properties) are legendary and can be traced back to its earliest uses well before the time of Christ. Tags: Olive oil, extra virgin olive oil, olive oil for skin, olive oil for hair, olive oil moisturizer, organic olive oil, olive oil benefits

Author Biography

In 1975, my husband, two little baby girls, and I were living in an apartment in Chicago's Hyde Park district. My husband had diabetes and asthma and I realized I didn't know very much about healthy food and the best way to feed my family. I'd always been a fairly decent student having graduated a few years earlier with a M.A. degree from Bradley University in clinical psychology so I started reading . . . then studying. The more I learned about food, the more I wanted to learn. I took more college level classes in biology and nutrition. Cold pressed extra virgin olive oil is by far the single best nutritional ingredient for your body's health and well being -- both internally and externally. And it tastes good, too!