A mixture of compounds called phenols, extracted from virgin olive oil, inhibits the process by which colon cells become cancerous, according to lab experiments described in the International Journal of Cancer. 'Olive oil is suggested to be responsible in part for the beneficial nature of the 'Mediterranean diet' and our data support this view and provides some possible mechanisms for its action,' write Dr. Chris I. R. Gill from the University of Ulster in North Ireland and colleagues.
Virgin olive oil blocks cancer cells in lab
