Lisa Radinovsky

Jan 15, 2025 | greece-is.com | Lisa Radinovsky

Growing up in China, Frank Hu followed a traditional Asian diet. Now the chair of the Department of Nutrition at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Hu researches the benefits of extra virgin olive oil and the traditional Mediterranean diet and enjoys a fusion of Asian and Mediterranean cuisines.

Sep 13, 2024 | thenationalherald.com | Lisa Radinovsky

Scientific research indicates that high phenolic extra virgin olive oil (HPEVOO) can play an important role in combatting many diseases. At the 2024 Olympia Health & Nutrition Awards ceremony organized by the World Olive Center for Health (WOCH) in Athens, scientists presented some of the latest results of research on HPEVOO that WOCH has supported. There is no cure for multiple sclerosis (MS), a common neurodegenerative disease involving chronic inflammation of the central nervous system.

Sep 6, 2024 | greekreporter.com | Lisa Radinovsky

Olive oil is one of Greece’s most historically and culturally significant exports. Thousands acres of farmland full of olive trees dot the country. Throughout the seasons, olive trees change as the fruit ripens. By Lisa RadinovskyIn olive oil producing countries such as Greece, tourists can wander through olive groves all year, observing not only the summer growth of olives, but their autumn harvest, the winter landscapes, and the new spring branches, leaves, and blossoms as well.

Jul 18, 2024 | greece-is.com | Lisa Radinovsky

The international recognition of high phenolic extra virgin olive oil and its disease-fighting properties was the focus of the 9th Olympia Health & Nutrition Awards ceremony on June 27 in Athens, Greece. With more than 600 olive oil samples tested for health-protecting natural phenolic compounds at the University of Athens this year, over 250 were awarded.

Jul 12, 2024 | greece-is.com | Lisa Radinovsky

In certain upscale restaurants in Greece (some in five-star hotels), extra virgin olive oil is now being elevated to the level of fine wine. So at the 2nd International ELIA Lesvos Confest in Greece, chefs discussed recent trends in the use and presentation of olive oil in gastronomy, such as olive oil menus, olive oil bars, and even olive oil sommeliers.