Olive oil, the “liquid gold” according to Homer, is the protagonist of the Mediterranean diet and is a great nutritional treasure with numerous advantages for human health. Olive oil is the secret of the longevity of the Greeks.

In addition, olive oil was used in antiquity for skin diseases. In the Hippocratic code we read more than 60 medicinal uses, in the plaque of Apela-in Asclepiion of Epidaurus, the treatment from headache with the use of olive oil is mentioned, while in the iconography of antiquity we meet as early as the 6th century the cleansing properties of olive oil, usually young people who use a special tool the “slegida” to clean themselves after pouring olive oil in their hand.

As a means of grooming olive oil is found in the Odyssey in Telemachus, who washes himself with water and then applies olive oil.

Olive oil is the fatty substance we get from the fruit of the olive tree traditionally grown in the Mediterranean region and in every corner of Greece.

Since antiquity, Hippocrates, Diocles and Dioscurides have recognised its value for its healing properties. Today doctors and nutritionists, based on the results of scientific research, argue that olive oil acts beneficially in almost all functions of the body. Greece has the highest intake of olive oil per person in the world.