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Sep 7, 2005
"Let your food be your medicine, and your medicine be your food." --Hippocrates
Natural Painkiller
Instead of popping pills to cure your next body ache, try olive oil instead. The active ingredient - found in greater concentrations in fresher olives - is called oleocanthal and inhibits the activity of enzymes involved in inflammation in the same way as ibuprofen and other anti-inflammatory drugs.