Olive Oil and Heart Health: What PREDIMED Shows, and What It Doesn't
PREDIMED, PREDIMED-Plus and the meta-analyses in detail: 3.6 instead of 5.7 per cent risk over five years — carried by stroke, not by heart attack.
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Olive Oil and Health: What the Evidence Shows
Heart, lifespan, polyphenols, dose, sport, frying: an honest verdict on every olive oil health claim, graded by the strength of the evidence, with sources.
Does olive oil extend life? What the mortality studies show
Cohort studies find all-cause mortality 11 to 19 per cent lower. The only randomised trial found no difference. Here are the numbers, with intervals.
Health Nutrition Research Polyphenols
Olive oil in sports nutrition: what matters for footballers
What Swiss sports nutrition actually says about olive oil, what the polyphenol research shows about exercise stress, and what is not documented about footballers.
How Much Olive Oil per Day? What Studies and Switzerland Say
20 grams, 50 grams or half a spoon? The amounts from PREDIMED, the official polyphenol claim and the Swiss food pyramid, converted into tablespoons.
Health Recipes Nutrition Cuisine
Tomato Salad with Olive Oil: Why Fat Unlocks the Lycopene
Lycopene and carotenoids are fat-soluble. What the studies on salad, olive oil and absorption show – with five salads and the right amount of oil.
Olive Oil Every Day: What Regular Consumption Really Does, According to the Evidence
The Harvard cohorts, PREDIMED and the 2024 dementia study at a glance – plus a practical guide: how much olive oil a day, which oil, and what it should replace.
Olive Oil and Life Expectancy: Do the Biggest Olive Oil Consumers Live Longer?
Greece, Spain, Italy: we compare olive oil consumption per person with life expectancy and world ranking – and show what studies actually prove.
Olive Oil Polyphenols: Effects, Content and What Research Shows
What olive oil polyphenols are, why their content varies tenfold, what the EFSA claim requires, and what PREDIMED and the oleocanthal studies actually show.
Olive Oil: Nutrition Facts and Authorised Health Claims
Calories, fatty acids, vitamin E and polyphenols per 100 g – and the exactly two health claims authorised for olive oil in Switzerland and the EU.