Blog — olive oil

~detail: Olive oil comes from the fruit of the olive tree (Olea europaea), a small evergreen tree native to Asia, Africa, and the Mediterranean. It’s a member of the Oleaceae botanical family, which it shares with a famous tropical cousin, the Jasmine tree. Olive oil’s long and rich history in world culinary culture is legendary, but less well known is its equally long history of use in health treatments on the body. The same nutritious plant properties that make olives such a healthy dietary staple also make them beneficial for treating the body from the outside-in. Olive oil is incredibly...