Olive Oil

Maybe that's because of me mentioning a while back that I'd put an oil capsule into a smoothie once and I ended up with a horrible condom looking thing at the bottom of the drink....

Phew! Hate the taste of olive oil. Thanks Jess.

I don't think anyone said it reduced heart attacks merely that the protein levels which were an indicator of increased risk of heart disease, were 6% lower after taking the olive oil for 6wks. I for one fully understand that there need to be further tests to verify their findings but unless there are risks of taking 20ml of olive oil a day then I don't see the harm in trying it.

I watched the show and judging by the confusion on this thread, but I suggest posters watch the relevant part of the show.

The type of screening used is a new development that could have enormous implications for preventative medicine. Just for the record though, 20 mls most is the maximum you should take and where possible it should replace other fats in your diet.

Don't know where the 'but' came from in the first line of my post [confusion]

I agree Tanith, I can't see a problem in taking such a small amount (thanks for the clarification Jess - you can tell I only cook by guesswork). As someone who suffers from intermittent AF I'm quite happy to give it a try. However, they're certainly going to lose out if they're expecting me to fork out for a test ?

A tablespoon is 15ml, dessertspoon 10ml, teaspoon 5ml. So two dessertspoonsful.

Put a swirl of olive oil on mash, pasta /rice/cous cous before serving.

Make your own hummus with chickpeas or make moutabal (aubergine with tahini and olive oil).

I heard that too, Stansgran, that specific causes of death eg heart attacks, is not recorded as such in France.

Well, I wish they would make their minds up, not so long ago rapeseed oil was better than olive oil; I have been using cold-pressed organic rapeseed oil and the olive oil has been languishing in the cupboard for months.

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I'm sticking with butter, or sometimes cream and butter, on mash. Awesome food! ?

Jalima is rapeseed oil is one of the oils mentioned in the programme.

Is Olive Oil Really Good For Me?

I have just watched the Trust Me programme, and they were very definite that olive oil, and only olive oil, considerably lowered the proteins in the urine which are a marker for heart disease. Two dessert spoons of any olive oil, straight from the bottle -no cooking- daily, over six weeks.

Sunflower and rapeseed oils madeno difference at all to the proteins.

I can't do it. I truly hate the stuff. But I might force it down DH's throat.

You would need loads of capsules to get two dessert spoons in. Stirring the stuff into porridge was mentioned. Or sopping it up with bread. Yuk!!!

I love the taste of extra virgin olive oil and have been known to have a spoonful, or two!
Each to his/her own.

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I wish I could like it. I wonder though, how many people could keep up taking two spoonfuls a day purely as a medicinal thing. Even if they did like the taste.

It's another thing you can put in Nutribullet smoothies [but NOT in capsule form].

Tbh I've never even thought of eating/drinking any kind of oil. Doesn't it make your mouth all claggy? And if you add it to your porridge, doesn't it make it slimy?

If I was a healthy weight I would start taking the olive oil, but the bit I don't get is if you're already overweight (like some of those in the test), wouldn't adding extra fat make you gain weight, potentially increasing other health risks?

Well surely if you are trying to lose weight / eat healthily you eat lots of salads and you use it as a dressing anyway? We eat salads for lunch most days but include all sorts of ingredients so they are never boring. (Salad leaves, tomatoes, cucumber plus extra ingedients like avocados, nuts, dried fruit, cheese, eggs, tuna, ham or garlic sausage sometimes, cheese etc).
Or in hummous, or poured over cooked vegetables or even in gazpacho?

I would and do find it very easy to eat 20mls of uncooked olive oil - it's a very small amount!

I love it anyway and if it's doing me good then all the better.

I'm sceptical. Here's why:

"proteins.... in the blood which indicated a likelihood of developing heart disease - and the olive oil reduced the prescence of these proteins by over 6%."

"likelihood" is too vague a term to mean anything without some kind of probability assessment alongside. You can have a strong likelihood and a very week likelihood. Which is this?

If the "likelihood" is already low because of other factors (I think one's genes are important when it comes to heart disease, for instance), then a reduction of that low likelihood by 6% isn't going to make much difference, even if the claim is true.

I think this is just another fad.

What I've said there has nothing to do with whether I like olive oil.

weak, not week

You're quoting me not the report, thatbags and I put it in those words so that nobody could say that you couldn't be that definite about such a small scale trial. According to the report, these indicators show the potential for damage to the heart and the very small scale results appeared to show that this potential was lowered. Since this reduction is achieved by taking a naturally occurring oil which has no adulteration, I for one am quite happy to give it a go. The side issue of paid tests are another issue.

You can buy olive oil infused with garlic or various herbs. That might be an option for those who don't like the taste.