> Edit: reading this back, it sounds somewhat like an attempt to shill a product. I don't know about that, but you may be right to be suspicious. In my experie

> Edit: reading this back, it sounds somewhat like an attempt to shill a product. I don't know about that, but you may be right to be suspicious. In my experience, most research into the health effects of extra virgin olive oil is funded by Spanish, Italian or Greek institutions. For example, the affiliations of the authors of the study in the article above are mainly to Spanish institutions.