insert_link Health & Wellness Smoke Point: How to Keep it Healthy Cooking with Olive Oil Extra virgin olive oil is a staple in a Mediterranean diet, linked with improved body compositions, heart health, cognitive function and longevity. But in recent years, alarms have repeatedly sounded over fears over the oil's "smoke point," and how heating olive oil to this temperature could release harmful compounds. Cautious consumers worried that heating olive oil during cooking would, at best, take away from olive oil's health benefits and, at […] todaySeptember 30, 2019