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Winterhill Heart Club

From the Heart For The Heart

At Winterhill, we believe there is no finer gift than one that comes from the heart. When you purchase our olive oil, you are giving a gift to our talented developmentally disabled artists. At the same time you are buying one of the best substances for your own heart health. Winterhill Olive Oil is a gift from the heart for the heart.

Club memberships are available as gifts as well!!! What a great way to gift those you love, or who have everything, or are hard to buy for. Whether it be a corporate, wedding, birthday, anniversary or simply “I love having you in my life” gift a membership to the Winterhill Heart Club is a wonderfully creative, healthy and memorable gift. You can order six bottles of the 500ml size, one bottle shipped every other month for a year at substantial savings.

Check our web site in the future for more benefits of Winterhill Heart Club Memberships. We will be posting discounts and special offers for wines, catalog products, and much much more!

Here are just some of the recent findings regarding olive oil and health:

Olive Oil and Heart Disease - Olive oil contains no cholesterol and is made up of between 75 and 82% monounsaturated fat. This makes it the highest of all commonly available oils in monounsaturated oils. The high content of monounsaturated fat tends to lower the amount of low-density lipoproteins (LDL) in the blood without lowering the level of high-density lipoproteins (HDL). As a result, the ratio of "good" cholesterol to "bad" (which doctors consider more important than one's overall cholesterol level) is improved, and the risk of heart disease is reduced.

Olive Oil and Cancer - The high concentration of monounsaturated fats, which make olive oil beneficial in the prevention of heart disease, also has a positive impact on the prevention of breast cancer. Confirming prior studies indicating that the incidence of breast cancer among women who consumed olive oil was lower than that among women who did not, a recent study showed that olive oil consumption could reduce the risk of cancer by up to 45 percent. The study, conducted over a six-year period, included 61,000 women between the ages of 40 and 76. The study also cautioned that vegetable oils could significantly increase the risk of breast cancer.

Olive Oil Helps Prevent Breast Cancer

by John Deane MD

Several studies have shown that women who eat a Mediterranean diet high in olive oil have lower breast cancer risk. Whether this protective effect is due to oleic acid, the main monosaturated acid in olive oil, or some other component of the diet has been a longstanding question.Dr Javier Menendez, of Northwestern University in Chicago along with other investigators now think they have the answer. They completed a study of this problem which was published in the January 2005 issue of Annals of Oncology. They found that oleic acid suppressed the cancer causing gene in breast cells grown in cell culture. When oleic acid was combined with Herceptin, an anticancer antibody drug made by Roche pharmaceuticals which can kill breast cancer cells, the effect was synergistic and led to death of cancer cells. The good news is that this is the first molecular proof that the Mediterranean diet can affect cancer cells. Also, olive oil is known to be safe, cheap and readily available. Caution should be given that this is a study of cancer cells grown outside the body and no study has actually been done on breast cancer patients. Hopefully this discovery will lead to future epidemiological studies and perhaps dietary counseling for those with breast cancer.

Click for full article in Ann Oncol

Other Health Benefits - Olive oil aids in healthy bone mineralization, important for childhood growth and for the prevention of calcium loss in the aging. Olive oil can also be beneficial to liver function.


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		Winterhill Heart Club From the Heart For The Heart At Winterhill, we believe there is no finer gift than one that comes from the heart. When you purchase our olive oil, you are giving a gift to our talented developmentally disabled artists. At the same time you are buying one of the best substances for your own heart health. Winterhill Olive Oil is a gift from the heart for the heart. Club memberships are available as gifts as well!!! What a great way to gift those you love, or who have everything, or are hard to buy for. Whether it be a corporate, wedding, birthday, anniversary or simply “I love having you in my life” gift a membership to the Winterhill Heart Club is a wonderfully creative, healthy and memorable gift. You can order six bottles of the 500ml size, one bottle shipped every other month for a year at substantial savings. Check our web site in the future for more benefits of Winterhill Heart Club Memberships. We will be posting discounts and special offers for wines, catalog products, and much much more! Here are just some of the recent findings regarding olive oil and health: *Olive Oil and Heart Disease* - Olive oil contains no cholesterol and is made up of between 75 and 82% monounsaturated fat. This makes it the highest of all commonly available oils in monounsaturated oils. The high content of monounsaturated fat tends to lower the amount of low-density lipoproteins (LDL) in the blood without lowering the level of high-density lipoproteins (HDL). As a result, the ratio of "good" cholesterol to "bad" (which doctors consider more important than one's overall cholesterol level) is improved, and the risk of heart disease is reduced. *Olive Oil and Cancer* - The high concentration of monounsaturated fats, which make olive oil beneficial in the prevention of heart disease, also has a positive impact on the prevention of breast cancer. Confirming prior studies indicating that the incidence of breast cancer among women who consumed olive oil was lower than that among women who did not, a recent study showed that olive oil consumption could reduce the risk of cancer by up to 45 percent. The study, conducted over a six-year period, included 61,000 women between the ages of 40 and 76. The study also cautioned that vegetable oils could significantly increase the risk of breast cancer. Olive Oil Helps Prevent Breast Cancer by John Deane MD Several studies have shown that women who eat a Mediterranean diet high in olive oil have lower breast cancer risk. Whether this protective effect is due to oleic acid, the main monosaturated acid in olive oil, or some other component of the diet has been a longstanding question.Dr Javier Menendez, of Northwestern University in Chicago along with other investigators now think they have the answer. They completed a study of this problem which was published in the January 2005 issue of Annals of Oncology. They found that oleic acid suppressed the cancer causing gene in breast cells grown in cell culture. When oleic acid was combined with Herceptin, an anticancer antibody drug made by Roche pharmaceuticals which can kill breast cancer cells, the effect was synergistic and led to death of cancer cells. The good news is that this is the first molecular proof that the Mediterranean diet can affect cancer cells. Also, olive oil is known to be safe, cheap and readily available. Caution should be given that this is a study of cancer cells grown outside the body and no study has actually been done on breast cancer patients. Hopefully this discovery will lead to future epidemiological studies and perhaps dietary counseling for those with breast cancer. Click for full article in Ann Oncol *Other Health Benefits* - Olive oil aids in healthy bone mineralization, important for childhood growth and for the prevention of calcium loss in the aging. Olive oil can also be beneficial to liver function.