Healthier Diets: Learning from Blue Zones

Introduction: Understanding the impact of dietary choices is essential for leading a healthy life. A recent insight from a health researcher emphasizes the importance of adopting healthier diets instead of merely demonizing certain foods. This article delves into the researcher’s viewpoint and explores the broader implications for public health. Embracing Healthier Diets: A Balanced Approach […]

Extra Virgin Olive Oil Boosts Brain Health and Blood-Brain Barrier Functionality in Mild Cognitive Impairment

Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Brain Health

Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Brain Health: Key Insights Recent research suggests that extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) improves brain health and strengthens the blood-brain barrier (BBB) in people with mild cognitive impairment. Key Findings from a Recent Study A journal called Nutrients recently published a pilot study. It shows that a six-month EVOO regimen […]

Food of the divine, Honey

Honey History

One of the most underrated superfoods, honey has been part of humanity’s culinary habits for literally thousands of years. The ancient Egyptians excelled at organized beekeeping and our first record of it dates back to 3.500 BC. They enjoyed its taste but also used it as salve for wounds, treatment for fevers and stomach ailments […]

Gourmet Groceries wins Award for Excellence

Aristoleo Award 2020 - Gourmet Groceries

Gourmet Groceries is proud and honored to be awarded with the 2020 Aristoleo Award for Excellence. This is an extra motive for us to continue offering healthy, gourmet, and premium extra virgin olive oils of the highest quality by providing both efficient and consistently effective customer service. Artistoleo®, a high profile authority on olive oils, […]

The Most Common Questions about Olive Oil

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At Gourmet Groceries, we see you more as much appreciated fellow gourmet food enthusiasts that share our passion for healthy and tasty products of the highest quality than customers. Thus, we have collected and answered your most frequently asked olive oil related questions. It goes without saying that we would be glad to provide answers […]

Why Certain EVOOs Are Especially Good For You

Why Certain Extra Virgin Olive Oils Are Especially Good For You Phenolic compounds and our health Some extra virgin olive oils (EVOOs) contain a high quantity of phenolic compounds (also called polyphenols). Recent scientific research has proven that polyphenols are extremely beneficial to our health, therefore virgin olive oils of high quality are well-sought after. […]

Gourmet – Greek Potato Salad with Octopus (Recipe)

It’s always great, to think of ways you could incorporate our Gourmet Grocery Cy products into your life!It’s even greater, when you have something to suggest!This is a throwback, when Yiota Koufalidou shared her favorite traditional potato salad recipe, on her blog ilovemommy.com.cy (Read the original article in Greek here.) Yiota incorporated our products in […]

A Few Things about our Gift Boxes

Gourmet Groceries Gift Boxes

Since its inception in November 2015, Gourmet Groceries has been a private company of international, pure and organic award-winning products, coming from selected producers, in a variety of flavors. Thelove the Cypriot audience has shown to the company, along with the high recognition it gained throughout the years, have also given it the impetus to start […]

Extra Virgin Olive Oil Can Kill Cancer Cells

In case you haven’t heard about this, there is a study made by the nutritional scientist Paul Breslin (Rutgers University), biologist David Foster (Hunter College), and chemist Onica LeGendre (Hunter College), stating that there is an ingredient in extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) that can kill cancer cells. The three researchers discovered that the ingredient […]