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IT SEEMS that oils ain’t oils – even if the label says so.

Imported olive oils being marketed as extra virgin – the purest and healthiest form of olive oil – have been tested to show they are actually made up of cheaper oils like sunflower or canola.

There are even oils shipped from Europe and Asia and sold as cooking oil which contain refined lamp oil.

Australian Olive Association (AOA) has also highlighted that olive oil labelled as “light” is misleading.

Association SA president Richard Whiting said the olive oil currently in supermarkets was deceiving customers.

“Imported product is not what it says on the label,” he said.

“Also people think oil labelled as ‘light’ means it is healthier, when it is actually only light on the good stuff; antioxidants and flavonoid polyphenols. I don’t know what else is a bigger con.”

He said it put pressure on honest Australian growers to compete, because the price of oil had more than halved in the past decade.

“There are shipments from overseas of extra virgin olive oil which are half the price because they are made up of other oils.

Read more: http://www.news.com.au/national/olive-oil-con-hits-south-australia/story-e6fr…

WHITE is the new black at Brisbane’s Alma Park Zoo.

Three albino wallabies were welcomed to the zoo late last year and the Tasmanian-born curiosities Jack Frost, Narcissa and Storm are now ready to meet Queensland.

Alma Park Zoo curator Heather Hesterman said the wallabies were a fantastic addition to the zoo’s Walk-thru Wallaby exhibit.

“The biggest drawcard is the curiosity people have,” she said. “It’s such an unusual sighting… they have that whole wow factor.”

Read more: http://www.news.com.au/travel/white-is-the-new-black-at-brisbanes-alma-park-z…

Or this?

Or this?

How can man club to death any creature – let alone those as adorable as this?

How can man club to death any creature – let alone those as adorable as this?

At A Glance………..
Dr. Christine Horner, a board certified general- and plastic surgeon, shares her extensive knowledge about breast cancer—its causes and its cures, and the pro’s and con’s of various screening methods
There are many all-natural cancer-prevention strategies, and research shows that most of them can cut your risk in half. Consequently, by implementing multiple strategies, you can virtually eliminate your risk of cancer as well as other chronic disease
Your diet is the one of the best ways to either feed or prevent cancer. Processed foods, soft drinks, red meat from CAFO-raised animals, trans fats, all forms of sugar, and any food containing or contaminated with xenoestrogens promote cancer growth. Plant foods, particularly cruciferous vegetables and flax seed, as well as many herbs and spices are cancer-preventive
Healthy fats of particular importance for cancer prevention are omega-3 and omega-9, which effectively slow down tumor growth in estrogen-sensitive cancers such as breast-, prostate- and colon cancers

At A Glance………..
Dr. Christine Horner, a board certified general- and plastic surgeon, shares her extensive knowledge about breast cancer—its causes and its cures, and the pro’s and con’s of various screening methods
There are many all-natural cancer-prevention strategies, and research shows that most of them can cut your risk in half. Consequently, by implementing multiple strategies, you can virtually eliminate your risk of cancer as well as other chronic disease
Your diet is the one of the best ways to either feed or prevent cancer. Processed foods, soft drinks, red meat from CAFO-raised animals, trans fats, all forms of sugar, and any food containing or contaminated with xenoestrogens promote cancer growth. Plant foods, particularly cruciferous vegetables and flax seed, as well as many herbs and spices are cancer-preventive
Healthy fats of particular importance for cancer prevention are omega-3 and omega-9, which effectively slow down tumor growth in estrogen-sensitive cancers such as breast-, prostate- and colon cancers

A LITTLE girl has been hailed as a hero after leaping into a runaway car to save her two younger brothers.

Laura Pickett’s mum, Jill, accidentally left the handbrake off on returning to the family’s Doncaster home from shopping, the Herald Sun reported.

She went inside, but as Laura, 8, got out she noticed movement.

She turned and realised to her horror that the car was rolling away down the steep driveway, with her brothers, Luke, 6, and Tyson, 5, still sitting inside.

Thinking quickly, she ran after the car, leapt inside, and pulled on the handbrake to stop it.

Laura said her brothers were crying. But she didn’t have time to cry.

“I was scared, but I didn’t cry until the car had stopped,” Laura said.

“Then I started crying because it had never happened before.”

Read more: http://www.news.com.au/national/eight-year-old-girl-saves-brothers-in-runaway…

Researchers dressed in panda costumes put a panda cub into a basket before transferring it to a new living environment at the Hetaoping Research and Conservation Center for the Giant Panda in Wolong National Nature Reserve, Sichuan province February 20, 2011. The 6-month-old cub is being transferred to a bigger living environment with a higher altitude and a more complicated terrain, which marks the beginning of the second phase of its training to reintroduce it to the wild. Researchers wear panda costumes to ensure that the cub’s environment is devoid of human influence.