Now, it's very interesting that there's a lot of corruption in the olive oil business

that's been going on for a very, very long time.

So you want to make sure when you buy olive oil, you're getting the right stuff.

Now, I've been consuming probably a counterfeit olive oil for years because it wasn't until

recently that I went to Italy and I actually tasted real olive oil that I knew the difference

between the counterfeit and real olive oil and, oh my goodness, when you have authentic

real olive oil, it is so delicious.

It's a very green, bright, peppery, grassy, fresh taste.

And all these years, I had no idea that olive oil was supposed to taste like this.

I was consuming the flavorless and rancid olive oil, which actually had barely any flavor,

and I thought that's what olive oil should taste like.

Well, that was because a lot of companies were blending the olive oil with a cheaper, low

quality oil, and only until recently is the FDA going after some of these counterfeits.

So here are some general rules I'm going to talk about.

First thing is, I would not go after the large brands that you would buy in the grocery

store simply because you don't really know if it's legitimate.

And ideally, if you can go to a specialty store that you can sample the olive oil, that

would be the best.

Now there's a couple of things that you want to look at.

You would want to always get the extra virgin olive oil, not just the virgin oil, not the

light or the pure, but this doesn't necessarily always guarantee that it's the real deal.

But it's going to help you narrow it down.

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