(DAILY MAIL) — It has been touted as the ‘golden liquid’ that is teeming with miraculous benefits – but many experts are pushing back on what they call olive oil ‘propaganda’.
In recent years, olive oil has earned a reputation as a superfood, partly because of research showing the ‘Mediterranean diet’ is linked to numerous positive health outcomes – and olive oil is a staple of the diet.
As a result, people seem to be putting it everywhere: in makeup, on ice cream, and even in a glass. And Starbucks rolled out its olive oil-infused coffee drinks across the entire U.S. this year.