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Published online 31 August 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050829-11
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Extra-virgin olive oil mimics painkiller
Oil may help stave off cancer, as long as you stick to the good stuff.
Good news for lovers of extra-virgin olive oil: besides being delicious on salads, it also contains a compound that mimics the effects of ibuprofen. So a Mediterranean-style diet might give you the supposed long-term benefits of that drug, such as a reduced cancer risk.
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