Guest guest Posted June 15, 2005 Report Share Posted June 15, 2005 Hi Gay: I have no idea what causes your lipid values to fluctuate, but I can tell you absolutely for sure that the very well organized, huge, 100,000+ participant, 30 year, female Nurses' Health Study found that for heart disease incidence those who consumed a lot of olive oil did only a little bit better than the average (and think what type of diet the average represents, UGH). However, those who consumed the most polyunsaturated fats did considerably better. I don't think they have the data broken out well enough to know specifically which polyunsaturated fats are the best. But they did perform much better than the monounsaturated oils in that study. Rodney. > > Hi Maco: > > > > Just for reference ........... the following link indicates that > > olive oil consumption in Crete averages, for every man woman and > > child on the island, thirty-five litres a year. (Thirty kilograms > > divided by a S.G. averaging about 0.86). > > > > That is the average. Difficult to believe I know. The reason it > is > > so high is that much of the produce grown on the island is > preserved > > in olive oil for eating off-season. And when the food is eaten > the > > olive oil is eaten with it. > > > > Those dying from CVD were the ones who had consumed appreciably > more > > than the average. So I do not think that using a little olive oil > > occasionally need be any cause for concern. I hope not, because > > knowing this I still use it in small quantities! > > > > http://www.sfakia-crete.com/sfakia-crete/olive.html > > > > Rodney. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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