For three years now, the Olive Wellness Institute has proudly helped promote and disseminate the growing body of health-related evidence for olive products. This podcast is a part of that initiative – where listeners can hear first-hand from a range of international health and nutritional experts discussing the health benefits of extra virgin olive oil, olive leaf extract and other products of the olive tree. For this last episode of Season 1, Sarah Gray, General Manager of the Olive Wellness Institute, reflects on the past 3 years since the Institute’s foundation.

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We understand how important nutrition and exercise is for keeping ourselves healthy and warding off disease and other ailments. Physician Dr Simon Poole discusses what precisely is good nutrition and what role the medical profession has in providing advice and information to patients.

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The environment around you can have a big impact on your health. Where you eat and what’s happening around you, can affect your mood – and that can affect how much or what you put into your mouth.

This episode we hear from Emma Stirling, an Advanced Accredited Practising Dietitian and culinary nutrition professional who is involved in setting up Australia’s first courses in culinary nutrition at ACU. As a passionate promoter of the role of nutritionists and dieticians, she believes cooking skills and understanding dietary patterns will unlock future career opportunities.

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Wouldn’t it be wonderful to find the right balance between nutritious and delicious cuisine? Catherine Katz and her husband, David, have achieved that with their website, ‘Cuisinicity’. It’s a treasure-trove of Mediterranean-style recipes that are simple, nutritious and achievable for large families and groups of people.

Cuisinicity and Catherine’s list of delicious recipes:
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With so many different types of oils to prepare and cook food, how do you choose the healthiest? To help decide, the Olive Wellness Institute has developed an easy-to-use oil comparison tool. Jacqui Plozza – Nutrition, Strategy and Education Manager at Olive Wellness Institute – explains the new comparison tool which can be found on the OWI website.

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Associate Professor Teresa Mitchell-Paterson explains why she recommends people use olive leaf extract and how its many health benefits differ from those of another olive product: extra virgin olive oil. With more than 25 years in clinic practice, Teresa is an articulate and well sought-after speaker on nutritional factors impacting bowel cancer.

"Olive Leaf Extract Immune Potential Webinar" presented by Assoc. Prof. Teresa Mitchell-Paterson
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Does the Mediterranean diet affect the inflammation and adiposity of those with coronary heart disease? That's the issue Accredited Practising Dietitian, Dr Hannah Mayer investigated in her PhD, from which she was awarded the 2018 Dieticians Association of Australia New Researcher Award. Today, Hannah leads a project focused on implementing the Mediterranean diet into routine care for people with chronic disease at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane. Hannah is also Lecturer in the Bond University Master of Nutrition and Dietetic Practice and is passionate about teaching Dietetics students research skills.

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Dr Richard Cantrill has championed the health benefits of extra virgin olive oil for years. And he'd know: he's world renowned as an expert in analytical methods of analysis for fats and oils. Richard has completed research in cell biology, neuroscience and molecular biology, notably on 'cytotoxic polyunsaturated fatty acids'. He also works in standardization and methods harmonization with ISO and intergovernmental agencies such as Codex Alimentarius.

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Can you tell a bad olive oil from a good one? Like any food, there's a certain pungency to the aroma of "off" olive oil and that of course affects the way it tastes and its nutritional benefits. Claudia Guillaume has extensive experience in sensory evaluation of olive oil and olive products. Originally from Argentina, Claudia Guillaume came to Australia in 2006 to head up Modern Olives Laboratory. Major players in the olive industry turn to the team at Modern Olives for help in project development, technical advice, applied research and of course olive- and olive-oil testing.

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Couples looking to conceive would benefit immensely from a Mediterranean diet; it also helps to ensure the good health of mother and baby in the months following conception. That's according to nutritionist, Stefanie Valakas, a leading women's health and fertility dietitian who helps couples struggling with trying to conceive. Stefanie's practice and consultancy firm, the Dietologist, is based in Sydney, from where she has an online following of thousands of women across the world. Stefanie explains some of the ways the Mediterranean diet can be applied to couples trying to conceive or who are pregnant.

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