Indeed, there’s an additional chart on the site I mentioned in my post # 18, re rate of cancer in countries, that lists the top 59 countries - and GREECE isn’t even among them - GREECE is one of the top, if not the top, countries who are famous for their Mediterranean Diet
Italy is #18 - but they consume a lot of OO that is heated in the process of cooking -
Indeed, the scientists may be onto something - also, tho’ read my post #18 re the WAYS to consume OO
http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2011/jan/24/worldwide-cancer-rates-uk-rate-drops
Interesting. My family is American, but our ancestors were from Italy. So, there’s a lot of olive oil in our diet. And we have a lot of cancer in our family. That’s why I never believed the claims about the Mediterranean diet. But, as you point out, the olive oil is heated...
OTOH, maybe it has less to do with what we eat, and more to do with genetics.