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橄榄油好处多，新鲜最要紧 　　David Greene （Host）： We’re 1）sorting out some health food claims this morning， like 2）kombucha. Is this 3）fermented brew really good for you？ We’ll find out in a moment. But first， olive oil. The truth： not all oils are created equal. NPR’s Allison Aubrey reports on what you need to look for to make sure you’ve got the good stuff. 　　Allison Aubrey： If you pay any attention to health trends， you’ve likely heard about the 4）Mediterranean diet. This is a pattern of eating that includes lots of vegetables， grains and fish―not so much meat―and generous portions of olive oil. 　　Mary Flynn： Olive oil is a very healthy food. I consider it more medicine than food. 　　Aubrey： That’s Mary Flynn. She’s an associate professor of medicine at Brown University. And she says the evidence that olive oil is good for your heart has never been more clear. She points to a big study published earlier this year in The New England Journal of Medicine， where researchers in Spain had men and women in their 50s， 60s and 70s who were at risk of heart disease follow one of three diets. Some ate a low-fat diet. Another group ate a Mediterranean diet with nuts. And a third group ate a Mediterranean diet that included nearly four 5）tablespoons of extra-virgin olive oil per day. 　　Flynn： So， they could compare the three diets： Was it nuts， was it olive oil， or was the low fat diet as beneficial？ 　　Aubrey： And what researchers found was that a Mediterranean diet rich in olive oil cut the risk of heart attack and strokes by about 30%. Researchers even stopped the study early， since the benefits were so clear. 　　Tom Mueller： The fact is， there are a huge range of different health benefits of real extravirgin olive oil. 　　Aubrey： That’s Tom Mueller. He has spent the last six years investigating and writing about olive oil. He says olive oil is good for two reasons. It’s mostly 6）unsaturated fat， and extra-virgin oil―which is the highest-grade and least-processed form of olive oil―