Pure olive oil - the choice for heart health

Exceeding all other vegetable oils, virgin olive oil has a particularly good effect on heart health thanks to its high levels of antioxidants in its ingredients. This is a new research result published by experts from Europe.

Researchers say that people who regularly use pure olive oil with anti-nutrient content - called polyphenols - will have a healthier heart than those who use regular olive oil.

According to Dr. Maria-Isabel Covas, head of the research team at the Medical Research Institute of Barcelona (Spain), all other oil-rich plants are also rich in polyphenols, but undergoing the extraction process, it has been lost. As for normal olive oil, there is not much polyphenol in the ingredients because it has been mixed.

The study was conducted on 200 men, in middle age, with a duration of 3 weeks, in a way: 3 people per group, of which 1 person used pure olive oil with high polyphenol content, 2 people left Again, the commonly used olive oil reduces polyphenol content. They all apply a menu without other types of fat.

Results : The group of people taking pure olive oil after 3 weeks achieved an ideal HDL (good cholesterol) level, while oxidative - a chemical component that causes deposition of LDL (bad cholesterol) to lead to Arteriosclerosis - markedly reduced.

However, Dr. Maria-Isabel Covas also said that they have not given advice on a complete replacement of other vegetable oils with olive oil, because new extensive clinical trials are needed. can definitely affirm the health advantage of this food.

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