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Avocado oil: similar properties to olive oil

Avocado oil 'can help battle the signs of ageing'

Avocado oil may have anti-ageing and health boosting properties similar to those found in olive oil, researchers have found. Experiments on yeast showed that avocado oil was effective against mitochondrial free radicals, which destroy cells.

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Olive and sunflower oil 'not linked to heart disease'

Olive oil and sunflower oil in moderation is a healthy way to cook. New research published on BMJ.com, based on a large study in Spain, found that eating food fried in olive or sunflower oil is not linked to heart disease or premature death.

Olive oil has many health benefits

Olive oil may help prevent a stroke

Many GPs recommend a Mediterranean-style diet for optimum health, especially in our later years. Now it seems olive oil in particular is an essential part of a pensioner's diet as it may actually help prevent a deadly stroke or heart failure.

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Broccoli helps kill cancer cells

Broccoli helps kill cancer cells

We have long been told about the health benefits of superfoods but now Sulforaphane, one of the primary phytochemicals in broccoli has been proved to selectively target and kill prostate cancer cells, leaving normal prostate cells healthy and unaffected.

Over half of Brits want to shed 'at least a stone'

weight loss

The study commissioned by diet aid manufacturer Slimsticks, also discovered that a worrying one in five people have followed an ‘eating is cheating’ starvation diet and one in ten have tried a liquid diet.