Head straight for the good stuff: Extra-virgin olive oil, also known as EVOO, has a ton of antioxidant properties.
You’ve got to cook your food in something, right? Head straight for the good stuff: Extra-virgin olive oil, also known as EVOO, has a ton of antioxidant properties. What makes olive oil “extra virgin”? The oil is mechanically pressed from olives without the use of chemicals or heat, which protects the phenols (a class of organic compounds) in it. The concentration of these phenols may provide extra antioxidant effects.