Comments on: Olive Oil and Heart Health http://www.healthyfellow.com/252/olive-oil-and-heart-health/ Your Natural Health Critic Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:34:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: JP http://www.healthyfellow.com/252/olive-oil-and-heart-health/comment-page-1/#comment-6247 JP Thu, 17 Feb 2011 17:01:08 +0000 http://www.healthyfellow.com/?p=252#comment-6247 Cyndi, I think that unrefined (extra virgin) olive oil is quite healthy. Eating olives falls under the same category. It's one of the few oils we use for cooking and dressing foods. Be well! JP Cyndi,

I think that unrefined (extra virgin) olive oil is quite healthy. Eating olives falls under the same category. It’s one of the few oils we use for cooking and dressing foods.

Be well!

JP

]]> By: Cyndi D'Auria http://www.healthyfellow.com/252/olive-oil-and-heart-health/comment-page-1/#comment-6244 Cyndi D'Auria Thu, 17 Feb 2011 02:59:57 +0000 http://www.healthyfellow.com/?p=252#comment-6244 I am very surprised to read about bread dipped in olive oil... Whole foods always has two different kinds of Olive oil and smal pieces of crusty bread... I try my olive oil out that way...which one should I choose etc... otherwise I use olive oil in my salads, veggies and sometimes I just take a tablespoon of it on a spoon... It is healthy right? I am very surprised to read about bread dipped in olive oil…
Whole foods always has two different kinds of Olive oil and smal pieces of crusty bread…
I try my olive oil out that way…which one should I choose etc…
otherwise I use olive oil in my salads, veggies and sometimes I just take a tablespoon of it on a spoon…
It is healthy right?

]]> By: JP http://www.healthyfellow.com/252/olive-oil-and-heart-health/comment-page-1/#comment-725 JP Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:30:49 +0000 http://www.healthyfellow.com/?p=252#comment-725 Looks like a tasty mix, Chris. :) Thanks for sharing it with us! Be well! JP Looks like a tasty mix, Chris. :)

Thanks for sharing it with us!

Be well!

JP

]]> By: Chris http://www.healthyfellow.com/252/olive-oil-and-heart-health/comment-page-1/#comment-720 Chris Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:55:22 +0000 http://www.healthyfellow.com/?p=252#comment-720 Thanks for the link JP. Oh and my fav use for olive oil, honey mustard dressing. One serving... 1tsp Wholegrain Mustard 1stp Dijon Mustard 1tsp Apple Cider Vinegar 1-2tsp Honey Pinch of sea salt and a little black pepper Then pour in the extra virgin olive oil until the consistancy is right, about 4 tsp at a guess. :-) Thanks for the link JP.

Oh and my fav use for olive oil, honey mustard dressing. One serving…

1tsp Wholegrain Mustard
1stp Dijon Mustard
1tsp Apple Cider Vinegar
1-2tsp Honey
Pinch of sea salt and a little black pepper

Then pour in the extra virgin olive oil until the consistancy is right, about 4 tsp at a guess.

:-)

]]> By: JP http://www.healthyfellow.com/252/olive-oil-and-heart-health/comment-page-1/#comment-716 JP Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:29:33 +0000 http://www.healthyfellow.com/?p=252#comment-716 Iggy, Subsequent research doesn't seem to support those study results. But, just to be on the safe side, I would try to choose polyphenol-rich extra virgin olive. I'm all for avoiding bread and eating antioxidant rich foods at all meals. Hopefully, that's got me covered. :) A brief search offers hope for that possibility: http://www.jacn.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/4/448 http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/31/12/2276.long http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=1893256 Be well! JP Iggy,

Subsequent research doesn’t seem to support those study results. But, just to be on the safe side, I would try to choose polyphenol-rich extra virgin olive. I’m all for avoiding bread and eating antioxidant rich foods at all meals. Hopefully, that’s got me covered. :)

A brief search offers hope for that possibility:

http://www.jacn.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/4/448

http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/31/12/2276.long

http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=1893256

Be well!

JP

]]> By: Iggy Dalrymple http://www.healthyfellow.com/252/olive-oil-and-heart-health/comment-page-1/#comment-713 Iggy Dalrymple Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:16:44 +0000 http://www.healthyfellow.com/?p=252#comment-713 Here is one caution on olive oil.....don't use it unless with other healthy anti-oxidant food. The west coast custom of snacking on bread dipped in olive oil may not be healthy. "The arteries didn't constrict much after the salmon meal. After the meal containing canola oil, they constricted slightly, reducing blood flow by 11%. After the olive oil and bread combination, however, blood flow plummeted 34% -- exactly the effect that Vogel had seen in previous research after volunteers ate a Big Mac with fries. Vogel's own research, in fact, has shown that when olive oil is combined with foods rich in antioxidants, such as vegetables, the vessel-constricting effect disappears. All you have to do is combine olive oil with red wine vinegar, which is loaded with the same antioxidants found in wine, and it appears you can prevent the deleterious effect on blood vessels." http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=50711 I was surprised that the much maligned canola oil outperformed olive oil in this study. Here is one caution on olive oil…..don’t use it unless with other healthy anti-oxidant food. The west coast custom of snacking on bread dipped in olive oil may not be healthy.

“The arteries didn’t constrict much after the salmon meal. After the meal containing canola oil, they constricted slightly, reducing blood flow by 11%. After the olive oil and bread combination, however, blood flow plummeted 34% — exactly the effect that Vogel had seen in previous research after volunteers ate a Big Mac with fries.

Vogel’s own research, in fact, has shown that when olive oil is combined with foods rich in antioxidants, such as vegetables, the vessel-constricting effect disappears. All you have to do is combine olive oil with red wine vinegar, which is loaded with the same antioxidants found in wine, and it appears you can prevent the deleterious effect on blood vessels.”
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=50711

I was surprised that the much maligned canola oil outperformed olive oil in this study.

]]> By: JP http://www.healthyfellow.com/252/olive-oil-and-heart-health/comment-page-1/#comment-661 JP Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:46:09 +0000 http://www.healthyfellow.com/?p=252#comment-661 Chris, According to one reliable source (linked below), one cup of olives contains approximately 1 tablespoon worth of olive oil. http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=nutrientprofile&dbid=111 Be well! JP Chris,

According to one reliable source (linked below), one cup of olives contains approximately 1 tablespoon worth of olive oil.

http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=nutrientprofile&dbid=111

Be well!

JP

]]> By: JP http://www.healthyfellow.com/252/olive-oil-and-heart-health/comment-page-1/#comment-660 JP Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:44:21 +0000 http://www.healthyfellow.com/?p=252#comment-660 You're welcome, Glenn. Be well! JP You’re welcome, Glenn.

Be well!

JP

]]> By: Chris http://www.healthyfellow.com/252/olive-oil-and-heart-health/comment-page-1/#comment-657 Chris Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:05:58 +0000 http://www.healthyfellow.com/?p=252#comment-657 Great post, great blog. Any ideas how much olive "oil" there is in raw whole olives? Cheers, Chris Great post, great blog.

Any ideas how much olive “oil” there is in raw whole olives?

Cheers,
Chris

]]> By: Glenn Fernandes http://www.healthyfellow.com/252/olive-oil-and-heart-health/comment-page-1/#comment-654 Glenn Fernandes Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:48:38 +0000 http://www.healthyfellow.com/?p=252#comment-654 Thanks a lot for the useful information. I had no idea about the benefits of olive oil. Olive oil is very good for health. I will surely have olive oil in my daily food. Thanks a lot for the useful information. I had no idea about the benefits of olive oil. Olive oil is very good for health. I will surely have olive oil in my daily food.

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