What the Experts say regarding Olive Oil

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What the Experts Say Regarding Olive Oil

 

Olive oil has always been placed somewhere between food and medicine.

Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine, recommended the juices of fresh

olives as a cure for mental illness and poultices of macerated olives for

ulcers.

 

In the Middle Ages, it was used to treat gynecological complaints and in the

Mediterranean country side was used as a treatment for ear aches, as a

purgative, especially for children, as a treatment for stomach aches, gastritis,

gastro duodenal ulcers and to soften calluses.

 

Olive oil was thought to have a very positive effect on atrophy of the

gallbladder and to inhibit hepatobiliary secretion during gallbladder emptying

time.

 

Today, research has shown the scientific basis for many of these beliefs. Here's

what the experts say:

 

" New Italian research finds olive oil contains antioxidants, similar to those in

tea and red wine, that combat disease processes, including LDL cholesterol's

ability to clog arteries. "

 

Jean Carper, leading authority on health and nutrition,

an award winning correspondent for CNN, author of " The Food Pharmacy " and

" Food-Your Miracle Medicine " and a nationally syndicated column

 

" I love the whole idea of olive oil's versatility. I use it for baking, as well

as salad dressings and sautéing. Olive Oil has been around for a long time, and

the more we know about it, the more we learn about its great contribution to

good health. "

 

Pat Baird, dietician and nutrition consultant,

author of " The Pyramid Cookbook: Pleasures of the Food Guide Pyramid "

 

" American women might actually experience as much as a fifty percent (50%)

reduction in breast cancer risk if they consumed more olive oil in place of

saturated fats. "

 

Dr. Dimitrios Trichopoulos, chairman of the Department of Epidemiology,

Harvard University School of Public Health

 

" I like the taste of olive oil. And, because olive oil is so flavorful, a little

goes a long way while cooking, which is great for people like me who watch their

fat intake. "

 

Dr. Barbara Levine, director of the Nutrition Information Center

at the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center

and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

 

" Olive oil has a protective effect against some types of malignant tumors:

prostate, breast, colon, squamous cell, and oesophageal. "

 

Dr. Dimitrios Trichopoulos, chairman of the Department of Epidemiology,

Harvard University School of Public Health

 

" Olive oil has been shown to strengthen the inmune system in mice. Diets high in

olive oil do not suppress lymphoblastogenesis, CD11a and CD18, and increase

expression and capping of CD44 and CD25. "

 

D. Peck

School of Medicine

University of Miami

 

" In vitro and in vivo (in animals), the minor polar components of extra virgin

olive oil increase significantly the resistance of LDL to oxidation.

 

Bruno Berra

Facolta di Farmacia

Milan

 

" An 'American version' of the Mediterranean Diet was developed meeting all the

nutritional guidelines of the United States. The feasibility and acceptability

of the diet amongst healthy American adults and subjects who had recently

survived a myocardial infartion were very good "

 

R. Curtis Ellison

Boston University School of Medicine

 

" Olive oil prevents insulin resistance and ensures better control of the glucose

in the blood. "

 

A.A. Rivellese, G. Riccardi, M. Mancini

Institute of Internal Medicine and Metabolism Disease

University of Federico II

Naples

 

" Dietary intake of olive oil polyphenols may lower the risk of reactive oxygen

metabolite-mediated diseases such as some gastrointestinal diseases and

atherosclerosis. Olive oil hydroxytyrosol protects human erythrocytes against

oxidative damage. "

 

Patrizia Galletti

Facolta di Medicina e Chirurgia

Seconda Universita degli Studi di Napoli

Naples

 

" A diet in which virgin olive oil is the only source of fat causes less

peroxidation of the lipids in the subcellular membrane. Attention is drawn to

the greater part played by the saponifiable fraction of the oil and to the

absence of effects caused by the polyphenol fraction, as well as to the cardiac

antioxidant role of coenzyme Q10. "

 

Jose Mataix Verdu

Jesus Rodriguez Huertas

Instituto de Nutricion y Tecnologia de Alimentos

Universidad de Granada

 

" An olive-oil-rich diet is more effective than a low-fat diet in controlling and

treating obesity. Moreover, it leads to longer-lasting weight loss and it is

easier to keep to because it tastes good. "

 

Frank Sacks

Harvard School of Public Health

 

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