AG,

Good points. The podcast and links hammer home the point of the simpler the method for extracting the EVOO, the better it it for people. All the extra steps greatly reduce the health benefits.

I had a post years ago here about the "Roseto effect" about the remarkable lifespans of people in a close knit Italian community in Roseto,PA . Besides the community ties, what I got from reading the story was that many of the people grew their own food and shunned the so called "American diet".
It all reinforced your points about the importance of what you eat and what you don't eat.