A nice AFP article here on tha changing fortunes of olive oil. It argues the turning point for this oil came in the 1990s, with studies on the so-called "French Paradox" -- that apparent contradiction between a relatively rich diet and a lower percentage of cases of cardio-vascular problems for the French, compared with figures for northern Europeans or with the United States.
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