“Some olive oils are even rated as zero-cough, one-cough or two-cough. But you don't feel the sensation until it is deep in your throat. It's not like hot peppers, which burn everywhere.”
“Some media reports have associated consuming more extra virgin olive oil with relieving a headache (another inflammatory body response), but that's silly.”
“It was such a contrast there - all we had seen on the news and in the papers was flooding, but we went to an area with a real potential for wildfire.”
“So what they have out there is similar to what we had here in Florida after four hurricanes last year - a lot of fuel for wildfires and drought conditions,”
“Drinking the [extra virgin] olive oil was exactly the same sensation I felt in Paul's study on ibuprofen. When I returned to Philadelphia, I poured a small cup for Paul and asked him to taste. He realized the same throat-sting.”
“So what they have out there is similar to what we had here in Florida after four hurricanes last year - a lot of fuel for wildfires and drought conditions.”