Olive oil, liquid gold

Olive oil is considered liquid gold because of the color but mostly because it is a food very beneficial to health. It has been shown to prevent cardiovascular disease and some cancers. A team from the UAB have discovered the molecular mechanism by which olive oil helps to slow breast cancer. It has also seen that to get the most out of olive oil should be consumed sparingly, but of high quality and lifetime. The reporter Pere Renom test an enhanced antioxidant olive oil produced at the University of Lleida for people with hypertension. Also collects olives, press them in a mill to get olive oil and visits IRTA to find the most famous olive tree of the world, the i-18, from which there have been 14 million plants.