Is Olive Oil Healthy?

Let’s talk Olive Oil🫒A question I had in my FB Wellness Group.

There are some recipes online that call for 1/3 to 1/2 cups of olive oil. Some even have 1/2 cup of each of the two types of oils! 😳 Also canola and palm oils which are the worst!

To go back to why all oils should be avoided is simply because any oil is FAT. Any fat is taxing the liver, making it work harder, and in turn, an impaired liver weakens your immune system.

See my prior post on why only coconut oil is the healthiest of all and why it also needs to be used in moderation.

All oils are stored as fat. When heated they create free radicals and cause inflammation in the body.

The same goes for extra virgin olive oil. It is not much of a difference in how the consumption of heated or not-heated oils affects our bodies. Both are damaging to the arteries and clogging blood vessels.

How did Olive oil become so popular and a staple in the Mediterranean diet?

The craze about Olive oil as a miracle for lowering heart disease in the Middeterranian diet came not from the benefits of oil itself, but because people ate TONS OF VEGGIES and FRUITS, which are loaded with antioxidants.

Olive oil production increased on the island of Crete when the island was recovering from the war and people were MOVING their bodies a lot by doing all the PHYSICAL LABOR trying to survive. So despite them consuming more olive oil at that time, their risk for heart disease did not increase. But it is not because Olive Oil helps to prevent heart disease, it’s because people were outdoors most of the time, connected to nature, and had hard physical labor, aka exercise.

- Olive oil is processed and concentrated fat. It has lost its nutritional value already.
- Olive oil stiffens the arteries.
It impairs the dilation process. The dilation process is crucial for blood flow which is imperative for a healthy cardiovascular system. There is no difference in how regular or EVOO impacts blood vessels.
- Olive Oil prompts plague creation and contributes to atherosclerosis.
- The fat stored along the blood vessel walls in the form of plaque is also prompt to oxidation, thus creating more free radicals released into the blood stream.