Research Notes on Olive Oil
Olive oil is a heart-healthy food, acting to lower your risk of heart disease by lowering your cholesterol. Olive oil also contains a type of antioxidant which may help prevent osteoporosis, some cancers, Alzheimer's and diabetes. The easiest and best way to benefit from olive oil is simply to substitute virgin or extra-virgin olive oil for the saturated fats (butter, tropical oils and margarines) and polyunsaturated fats (most vegetable oils) already in your diet.
Top Resources on Olive Oil
- World's Healthiest Foods: Olive oil, extra virgin
- Mayo Clinic: Olive oil: What are the health benefits?
- Dr. Weil: Olive Oil Recipes | Olive Oil for Pain Relief? | Olive Oil Fraud?
- AOL Body: Olive Oil: Drink This, Age Well?
- Harvard School of Public Health: Fats and Cholesterol - The Good, The Bad, and The Healthy Diet
- Medical News Today: Olive Oil -- Reaping Its Health Benefits
- Health: World's Healthiest Foods: Olive Oil (Spain)
- Chef MD: Stomach Problems? Here's an Offer You Can't Refuse-Olive Oil!
- Nutra-Smart: Olive Oil
- Healing Daily: Olive oil's health benefits
- BBC News: Olive oil 'acts like painkiller'
- Science Based Health: Olive Oil: More Potential Health Benefits Revealed
- UC Davis: Olive Oil and Health
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- Contributor: Nicole Kinsey
- Reviewer: ASandhu
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- Last update: Sep. 11, 2008
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