Omphax: The olive oil from the olive groves of the Vatopedi Monastery in the battle to reduce blood pressure, sugar and cholesteroltranslated

Could the olive, one of Greece's most powerful exports, be the basis for a nutritional supplement that aspires to influence indicators such as sugar, cholesterol and blood pressure? Among other things, these questions are answered by a research collaboration which started from the olive groves of the Holy Great Monastery of Vatopedi on Mount Athos and developed into a series of Greek products that utilize the phenols of the gourd oil, from capsules, to jellies and salt, which are presented this year in stand 2, at the stand of the Athens Chamber of Industry at the 90th TIF.

The reason for Omphax's line of nutritional supplements, which resulted from systematic research and study. As Prokopis Maiatis, associate professor of Pharmacognosy and Chemistry of Natural Products at EKPA, explains to Voria.gr, his research team has been studying the health-protective components of olive oil for about 25 years.

In 2016, according to Mr. Mayatis, the olive oil of the Vatopedi Monastery was analyzed for the first time and the measurements showed an extremely high content of phenolic components.

"From there began a multi-year collaboration between the Vatopedi Monastery...