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The word “oil” is perceived to be incompatible with the term “health benefits”. Olive oil is different more so when it’s used with other healthy, minimally processed or unprocessed foods. The Extra Virgin variety (EVOO) is the best form of olive oil. EVOO contains more unsaturated healthy fat than unhealthy saturated fat having Lower levels of LDL, which is a “bad” cholesterol.It has antioxidants and is a constant ingredient in the Mediterranean diet, considered as a healthy food style. It contributes to : • Heart-healthy fats and reduction in Blood pressure. • Decreased inflammation. • Reduction of heart disease and stroke. • Protection against cancer. • Longer healthier life. Recommendations: • Daily consumption of 1 to 4 tablespoons of EVOO per day. • Use EVOO in place of seed oils and animal fats, like butter, ghee, and Mayo. • Use on salads as salad dressing. • Add it to cooked veggies or pasta.

60 to 70% of the human body is water. Men have more water in their bodies than women. The lungs have the highest amount of water in them (83%), followed by muscles and kidneys (79%), and the heart and brain (73%). Surprisingly, our bones have 31% water! • A person needs to drink about two litres of water a day to stay healthy. Regular or sparkling, tea or fresh fruit juice, water is a great option to consume than a fizzy soft drink or a beer. • Veggies and fruit containing water: Cucumbers contain 96% water and zucchini has 95% water while watermelon has about 92% water. • Indirect water footprint: involves the amount of freshwater used to produce the food and services we use including growing, harvesting, packaging and shipping. • Food and Drink : We use a lot of fresh water to produce other drinks, like beer and coffee for example. It takes about re to produce one pint of beer and 200 litres to produce the beans for one cup of coffee. Raising livestock is particularly water-intensive. Interestingly, Coffee consumes about 37 gallons of water in the production process, tea takes only 9 gallons. • Things we use: One pound of cotton requires 700 gallons of water. To manufacture a smartphone requires 240 gallons of water. Cars consume tens of thousands of gallons of water during manufacturing and the gas required to run them uses more than a gallon of water for each gallon of fuel.