Olive Oil Health Benefits
I've just purchased a bottle of the above oil, and it didn't come cheap! I received it three days ago, and been taking a tablespoonful every morning before breakfast and one last thing at night, so I'm unable to comment on its effectiveness.
The taste is not unpleasant, and mixed with some apple cider vinegar would make an excellent salad dressing. And, of course, it can be poured over or added to other dishes.
The Mediterranean diet is universally acknowledged as being one of the healthiest diets, primarily because of the recommended high levels of fruit, vegetables, fish, and olive oil. Up to the present I've followed a healthy diet, but the virgin olive oil that I've used has come from a local supermarket, however I cannot claim that I'm bursting with health. But that may be due to my advanced years!
The above oil claims numerous health benefits, such as preventing cancer, high blood pressure, diabetes, weight loss, to name a few. So my question is, has anyone taken it and derived any benefits? Or have I been persuaded to make an unnecessary purchase through a clever advertising ploy?
(New York)
03/11/2024
Greetings Gracie Nottingham,
I knew a lady, whose heart was so bad she couldn't even walk up a flight of steps. She was a young woman when she had that condition. She started taking a spoon of olive oil every day. She didn't say what size spoon. She was healed of that condition and lived to be a very active old lady. I would run into her visiting people at hospitals and going shopping alone in her upper senior years, and she had an excellent memory.
HisJewel
These days I buy LARD: Advantage #1 is the more reasonable price. Advantage #2 is the lack of trans fats. Advantage #3 is the taste, if it is combined with Himalayan salt.
You are right. Olive oil is well-advertised, so we keep getting persuaded to make many unnecessary purchases through clever advertising ploys.
(UK)
03/14/2024
RB: Thank you for your very interesting comments on Extra Virgin Cold Pressed Olive Oil. Fifteen tablespoonsful of olive oil a day is a lot, and you obviously did not derive any benefits from it. I'd be interested to learn the outcome of your transitioning over to lard, butter, etc. When I was young growing up in the UK, olive oil was not available to the average family, and we were fed beef dripping on toast with a sprinkling of salt, chips cooked in animal fats, and yet many survived to live long fulfilling lives.
It has not been long enough for me to say whether the extra virgin olive oil is successful, but so far I've not noticed even a miniscule amount of improvement. The search will go on!
Best wishes.
Gracie, How are you doing? Thank you for your response.
One month has gone by, and today I am positive that I have fully transitioned to lard.
I transitioned to lard shortly after one of my bottles of olive oil from Italy broke in a shopping bag, and after a messy clean-up that was an unpleasant experience.
I transitioned to lard shortly after I switched from Himalayan salt to refined a sea salt from Italy.
My last bottle of olive oil was Villa Chiara, Olio Extra Vergine Di Oliva from Firenze, Italia.
I transitioned to lard because I am not afraid of animal fats, saturated fats and cholesterol.
I enjoy butter and other animal fats, because I believe a high-fat diet is the secret to a healthy life.
I believe saturated fat is wrongly demonized when, actually, saturated fat is good for you.
Further, I believe saturated fat “does not clog the arteries”. Example: My arteries are 99% free of obstruction, after I have been eating at least 10 egg yolks per day, every day, since 2010.
Further, I transitioned to lard, because I believe cholesterol is not the cause of heart disease; in other words, cholesterol levels do not matter, and statins are not necessary at all.
I believe the greatest threat to our hearts and vascular systems comes from sugar -- not from cholesterol or saturated fat and animal fats like lard, meat, fish and cheese.
I transitioned from olive oil to lard, shortly after I found a lard product that tasted better than the previous lard product I tried before.
Sometimes I worry about dietary nitrates. But, in this case, it does not seem to be an issue, as the food label on this lard product says, "Ingredients: pork bacon" as its only ingredient.
Tonight I ate some of this lard with sardines, and it was a fully enjoyable meal. For flavor, I added to it only a few grains of refined sea salt.
I believe -- as opposed to olive oil -- lard, or butter, would be a better choice.
However, it is not easy -- is not it? -- to go against the advice of the WHO, and many other institutions and authority figures... and we somehow get persuaded to make many unnecessary olive oil purchases through clever advertising ploys.
Gracie, my question to you is, what do you think, have you derived any benefit from extra virgin olive oil? And if you are transitioning to lard, butter, or something, then how is that transition going?
(london)
04/08/2024
Hi Anthony, How are you doing? Thank you for your question. Generally speaking, Himalayan salt is, or appears to be, healthier than any other salt. However, over the last few months I have learned to avoid it, as it gives me a dry eye. https://www.earthclinic.com/cures/natural-remedies-for-dry-eyes.html#ahs
(Kansas City, MO)
06/25/2024
For informative purposes, while I completely agree that Saturated Fat from Animals is completely necessary....Unsaturated Fats (Cold Pressed/Non-Hydrogenated) from vegetables (ex: corn/Arachidonic Acid), plants (ex: Safflower Oil), fruits (ex: Olive, Palm, Coconut), nuts (ex: Sunflower Oil) are absolutely necessary too and is known by the rarely heard of name of Vitamin F.
These Unsaturated fatty acids are important for tissue respiration vital organs, making it easier for oxygen to be transported by the bloodstream to all cells, tissues and organs.
Vitamin F helps maintain resilience and lubrication of all cells and combines with protein and cholesterol to form to form living membranes that hold the body cells together.
Vitamin F regenerates the skin!! A lack of Unsaturated fatty acids, Vitamin F, could cause ulcerations on the lower limbs.
All of the above that I have just stated is from the book, "The Ultimate Healing System" by Donald Lepore N.D.
Additionally, he says he has found in his own research Vitamin F to be the antidote to a wheat and corn allergy.
From much of my own research, the hardest part is finding an uncompromised/unadulterated/unrefined/non-hydrogenated oil of all the types, whether it be animal saturated fat or plant unsaturated fat as listed above.
Researching the best of the best is extremely time consuming and exhausting. According to the renowned, Dr. Mercola, much of the Olive Oil and EVOO on the supermarket shelves today has been mixed with other oils all of which can easily become rancid when on the shelves too long and when not properly stored from light and extreme heat.
To date the best EVOO I have personally found comes from a single origin farm, Ellora Farms in Messara Valley Crete Greece. I have been buying their EVOO for 2 to 3 years now (I purchase in bulk in the tin cans as it lasts the longest) and am currently and completely satisfied with their EVOO. Note: Olive Oil has some of the highest content of Vitamin E other than Natural Red Palm Oil.
As always, anything can change and become compromised in these ever changing times.
If you're looking for a non-hydrogenated reputable source of coconut oil you may want to look into Healthy Traditions previously known as Tropical Traditions. Hopefully, they have stayed true to their tradition of non-hydrogenated coconut oil. That is where I purchase mine.
EVOO & Coconut Oil have some of the highest amounts of Monounsaturated Fats (MUFA's) where most everything on the market is highest in Polyunsaturated Fats (PUFA's) which a disproportion reeks inflammatory havoc and disease on our bodies.
I hope this helps. I have spent YEARS reading, researching and trying to learn and improve my health and inflammatory conditions.
