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Today’s topic: The Mediterranean Diet plan - Is It The Oil?

A mainstay from the Mediterranean dietary way of life is the copious use and consumption of high-quality additional virgin cold-pressed olive oil. Is this important? The results of a recently-published randomized controlled clinical trial has proven that the high phytonutrient content of additional virgin olive oil is “heart healthy,” producing increased serum HDL-cholesterol concentrations and decreased serum triglyceride, LDL-cholesterol and oxidized LDL cholesterol concentrations. In addition, a laboratory study has proven that two from the polyphenol phytonutrients in olive oil, hydroxytyrosol and oleuropein, impair the capability of damaged blood vessel lining cells to trick white blood cells into helping them form an arterial plaque.

These findings assist explain the observation that the routine, life-long consumption of a number of tablespoons of high-quality olive oil every day (as salad dressing, cooking oil, salsa or olives) can reduce the chances of ever having a heart attack by 75% or more.

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Of course, the health advantages of olive oil extend far beyond the heart and cardiovascular system. For example a recently published review article demonstrated that breast cancer and colon cancer in particular are less likely to occur in adults who habitually practice a Mediterranean dietary way of life.2 These reviewers explained the mechanisms through which oleic acid, the major monounsaturated fatty acid (MUFA) in olive oil, suppressed a number of from the extremely initial biochemical events that convert a normal breast or colon cell into a cancerous cell - a mechanism that could assist oncologists understand much better the value of olive oil both to their patients and as a “cancer preventive” option for the general population.