Olive oil has always been a favourite of cooks all over the world, but along with its taste and flavour, the liquid gold also contains some amazing health benefits. Here we list some of the most beneficial of olive oil effects on the human body and mind. Antioxidants – Olives and thus olive oil are veritable storehouses of antioxidants, which are not available in any other oil.

Tumours – Studies have suggested that olive oil can fight against certain malignant tumours in the breast, prostrate, endometrium and the digestive tract.

Blood Pressure – The addition of olive oil to a diet has the effect of lowering blood pressure and, in the process, avoiding a large number of diseases.

Diabetes – Olive oil is the oil of choice for diabetics. It not only helps during the treatment of diabetes, but also helps to prevent or delay the onset of the disease by preventing insulin resistance and its possible harmful implications by raising HDL cholesterol, lowering triglycerides and ensuring better blood sugar level control and lower blood pressure.

Olive Groves in Victoria Nullamunjie olive groves are situated on the lower slopes of Mount Stawell on the banks of the Tambo River at Tongio. Tongio is the district between Swift’s Creek and Omeo in the mountains of eastern Victoria. The climate there is very similar to that of Tuscany with hot summers and cold winters so the varieties of olives chosen were those traditionally grown in Tuscany – Frantoio, Correggiola and Leccino, with the graceful Pendolino used as a cross-pollinator.

The first grove of 600 Correggiola trees was planted in 1998, with further groves of Correggiola, Frantoio and Leccino planted in subsequent years to a total, to date, of just over 3,000 trees. Nullamunjie is a true single estate olive oil, grown, pressed and bottled on the estate. The olives are taken fresh from the grove to the press and processed within hours of being plucked from the tree. Nullamunjie Extra Virgin Olive Oil is a robustly fruity oil with excellent complexity of flavours and length of pepper, and a beautiful herbaceous aroma. As with all olive oils classified as extra virgin, acidity levels are less than 0.8%. In the case of Nullamunjie extra virgin olive oil, they are considerably less, never having exceeded 0.2%. To know more about Nullamunjie and the oils offered by them, please visit their website at: www.nullamunjie.com.au.

Article written by: Matthew Dowd

(Mathew is a Chef by profession and is in the profession by more than 20 years. He loves to travel and blog on Cooking)