Olive Oil Is Having a Moment. Is It the Ultimate Superfood?

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Mary M. Flynn, PhD, associate professor of medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI.

Anne-Julie Tessier, PhD, postdoctoral fellow, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston. 

Kristin Kirkpatrick, registered dietitian nutritionist, Department of Wellness & Preventive Medicine, Cleveland Clinic.

Tassos C. Kyriakides, PhD, assistant professor of biostatistics, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT.

Kristin Koval, Boulder, CO.

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