Should olives be part of your healthier eating plan?
When you’re looking for a healthy way of eating, there’s one diet that regularly comes top of the (olive) tree. The Mediterranean diet. Dr Michael Moseley said it’s seen as the healthiest, most nutrient rich diet on the planet. The health experts and nutritionists working for the U.S. News & World Report (who decide on the world’s best diet every January) have once again given the Mediterranean diet first place – for the fifth year in a row!
Olives, of course, are an important part of the Mediterranean diet. Olive production started in the Mediterranean. Crete is reportedly home to the world’s oldest olive tree. And Spain, Italy and Greece are the world’s biggest olive producers (by a long way). So what nutritious goodness and health benefits does the humble olive deliver? Well, quite a lot as it goes.
