Olive Oil

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?

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

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.

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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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 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.

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

Is Olive Oil Really Good For Me?

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

are not is!

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.

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).

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

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 ?

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

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.

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.

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

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....

Thank you for the link Badenkate
It appears to be a study that showed that in experimental subjects there were some measurable physiological changes during the time they consumed olive oil.
They consumed 20ml a day - 4 of those plastic medicine teaspoons which are 5ml
(i don't think this adds up to 2 tablespoons does it.... more like 1 tablespoon If I remember what my school cookery teacher taught me - 2 tsps= 1 dessert spoon and 2 dessert spoons = 1 tablespoon. Yes - just rifled through cutlery drawer and did a quick real-world verification)
(So only 120 calories!)
Getting back to the study. I think there is a reason to temper our enthusiasm.
The study did not show any improvement in any clinical measure of "heart health". It did not show any reduction in heart attacks. It showed a change in a chemical that some academics think might prove one day to be a useful screening device. And the test is being manufactured by a private company that is probably hoping every middle aged person who goes for a routine blood test will have one of these patented tests.
And it is just one study.
To prove that 4 tsps of olive oil a day prevents heart attacks you'd have to have a large group of people taking their dose of olive oil every day and compare them to a carefully matched group of people who were consuming very little. You'd ideally have to match them for age, ethnicity, sex, whether they smoked, how much exercise etc etc Or else use twins - which does not happen very often.
And after about 10 years, you'd count the heart attacks in the two groups, and they you would know.
So steady on folks. This is a long way off proving anything. So you may not want to swig wine glasses full of the stuff just yet.

I looked online for the capsules, now Durex ads keep appearing!

Badenkate that'll scupper the diet but I suspect I'd feel pretty icky after swallowing 20mls so won't feel like eating anyway!

2 tablespoons of olive oil is about 240 calories.

Oh my why didn't I think of that chelseababy I didn't realise you could buy them I'm going to look now.

My OH uses it for mashed potatoes. You could always buy olive oil capsules if you can't add enough to your diet. Available online.

Now tha'ts not a bad idea Bellasnana I could do that.