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"Olive oil olive oil lowers LDL cholesterol,53 especially when the olive oil replaces saturated fat in the diet.54 People from countries that use significant amounts of olive oil appear to be at low risk for heart disease.55 Authors of extremely lowfat diet approaches to heart disease recommending avoidance of olive oil are therefore not basing that decision of sound science. Although olive oil is clearly safe for people with elevated cholesterol, as with any fat or oil it very caloric, so its use should be limited in people who are overweight." - Schuyler W. Lininger, Jr. DC, The Natural Pharmacy: Complete Home Reference to Natural Medicine (Get the book.)

"TIP Olive oil and/or coconut oil is suggested for use with cooking. olive oil is also useful as (or in) a salad dressing. Unrefined extra virgin olive oil is the best choice. Flax oil is also good in a salad dressing, but don't cook with it because it is very heat-sensitive. Go Wild When choosing fresh fish, opt for wild-caught rather than farm-raised. Wild fish will have lower levels of contaminants, especially mercury, and be richer in healthy fats such as omega-3 fatty acids." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"For example, one thousand active units of one type of lipase (the enzyme that digests fats) has the potential to release one thousand bonds of essential fatty acids from olive oil per minute. When the lab technician tests the enzyme for its activity, however, she does so in a controlled environment in which the temperature and pH are closely regulated. To measure the activity of the lipase mentioned above, a lab technician will expose a measured amount of the enzyme to a fat (olive oil), in a pH of 7 at a temperature of 86 degrees to determine its active units." - Tom Bohager, Everything You Need to Know About Enzymes to Treat Everything from Digestive Problems and Allergies to Migraines and Arthritis (Get the book.)

"Phase Two r i phase three phase four ^5 75 90 100+ 5 servings/week 3 servings/week 2 servings/week 1200 mg/day 1000 mg/day 900 mg/day 12/week 10/week 7/week 1 Tbsp of olive oil or replaceable substitute**** per day 2 Tbsp of olive oil per week Minimal Water, fresh squeezed juice, herbal tea. If desired 1 cup coffee/tea Water, fresh squeezed juice, herbal tea." - Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Eat For Health: Lose Weight, Keep It Off, Look Younger, Live Longer (2 book set) (Get the book.)

"A Sticky Situation: Canola or olive oil? Because of its low levels of saturated fat and its relatively high poly- and monounsaturated fat content, canola oil is an acceptable choice—but olive oil is better. olive oil offers the greatest health benefits: It is high in monounsaturated fats and it does not break down into trans-fatty acids when heated. Fresh virgin olive oils are light and easy to digest. Their delicate aroma and subtle flavor enhance most foods. olive oil also contains valuable nutrients." - Barnet Meltzer, M.D., Food Swings: Make the Life-Changing Connection Between the Foods You Eat and Your Emotional Health and Well-Being (Get the book.)

"The diet also involves a high amount of olive oil consumption, and reduces heart disease and cancer risk and prolongs life.6 People who followed this diet had their mortality cut in half over a four-year period. This delicious diet substitutes unsaturated fats (seed oils) and monoun-saturated fats (olive oil) for saturated fats (butter, animal fat) and also includes wine and nuts. Patients with heart disease who followed the Mediterranean diet had a 50% to 70% reduction in recurrent heart attacks." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"The subsequent pressing is referred to as virgin, the one following that produces regular olive oil. With a light taste and color, extra-virgin olive oil is a healthy addition to sauces, dips, and dressings. Although extra-virgin olive oil is a healthy oil, it delivers only minimal amounts of omega-3. flaxseed oil As you would expect, flaxseed oil is obtained by pressing flaxseed. Milder in taste than hemp and pumpkin seed oils, flaxseed oil contains the highest amount of omega-3 in comparison to omega-6, at a 5:1 ratio." - Brendan Brazier, The Thrive Diet: The Whole Food Way to Lose Weight, Reduce Stress, and Stay Healthy for Life (Get the book.)

"In fact, olive oil has been shown in laboratory studies to improve endothelial function (translation: increases the flexibility of your coronary arteries, which can be beneficial for reducing your risk of heart attacks). The recent Women's Health Initiative (WHI) study, mentioned on page 78, showed that a low-fat diet did not reduce heart disease.60 The problem with that study is that it lumped all fats together. We now know that some fats are better than others. For example, there are fats in foods like olive oil and fish that actually promote heart health." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"The concept of double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover research requires the selection of placebo substances known to be biologically inert. olive oil is not biologically inert. In fact, it is known to have its own health-benefiting effects, especially in the realm of cardiovascular health where fish oil is also operative. Therefore, the use of olive oil as a placebo relative to fish oil may mask the beneficial effects of fish oil." - Freedom Press, Natural Cancer Cures: The Definitive Guide to Using Dietary Supplements to Fight and Prevent Cancer (Get the book.)

"The next time you want oil or butter to cook with, reach for olive oil instead. olive oil is an oil made mostly of monounsaturated fat, which is fat that may actually help raise your HDL, or "good," cholesterol. But fat is fat, and too much will ultimately raise your cholesterol levels, so don't slather it on everything. Dr. Lipsenthal suggests cooking with olive oil instead of other vegetable oils and using a little bit of olive oil on your bread instead of butter. If you have heart disease, however, you should avoid all oils." - Doug Dollemore, The Doctor's Book of Home Remedies for Seniors (Get the book.)

"Monounsaturated (e.g., olive oil) or saturated fatty acids (found in beef and dairy) were not inhibitory. "The ability of certain fatty acids to inhibit significantly the growth of three human pancreatic cancer cell lines in vitro at concentrations which could be achieved in vivo suggests that administration of such fatty acids may be of therapeutic benefit in patients with pancreatic cancer," reported researchers. In this case, fish, with its rich source of preformed EPA, may prove to be cancer protective, with flax exhibiting significant, yet lesser, inhibitory properties." - Freedom Press, Natural Cancer Cures: The Definitive Guide to Using Dietary Supplements to Fight and Prevent Cancer (Get the book.) "Therefore, the use of olive oil as a placebo relative to fish oil may mask the beneficial effects of fish oil. Taking all these factors into consideration, the preponderance of evidence indicates that incorporation of wild fish and fresh pure omega-3 oils into our eating habits provides significant protection against cancer. Cancer Protection A British research team focused on the ecological association between total and animal fat consumption and colorectal and breast cancer risk." - Freedom Press, Natural Cancer Cures: The Definitive Guide to Using Dietary Supplements to Fight and Prevent Cancer (Get the book.)

"Make your own dressing from fresh olive oil and lemon or apple cider vinegar and any fresh herbs and spices you of your choice. If you are hungry throughout the day, feel free to snack on fresh vegetables or juices. For dinner eat fresh fruit or fruit juice or fruit smoothies. • Days 2-4 After your morning flush, drink diluted juices and herbal tea throughout the day—as much as you can dfink. Try to consume 128 ounces during the day. Also recommended throughout the day is to consume cups of potassium broth." - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.) "Let's say she loves Italian food with real olive oil and red wine—two foods that, over the years, have mitigated any free radical damage she might have been exposed to.) The net result is that Mary notices no change in her condition (see figure 7). Mary now proceeds to tell Jim that he's crazy. Whatever benefit he got from the antioxidant is purely a placebo effect. It's a waste of money." - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.) "Replace with olive oil and fresh butter. Cut back on the quantity of meat, pork,2 chicken, and dairy in your diet. 'For those with arthritis, it might be useful to forego vegetables from the nightshade family, including tomatoes, spinach, and eggplant. "And no, pork is not "the other white meat.'1 In fact, pork is probably one of the more indigestible meats you can eat. And make sure that what you do consume is organic' Fish, of course, is okay—okay that is, if you can be sure it's free of heavy metals and toxins and hormonal "modifications." • So what does that leave you?" - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.) "Derived primarily from tomatoes (cooked with olive oil, not raw), lycopene appears to be one of the best defenses against prostate cancer and bladder cancer. When used in conjunction with d-alpha-tocopherol vitamin E and green tea extract, studies indicate that it inhibits prostate cancer proliferation by some 90%. Zeaxanthin?00 meg Lutein and zeaxanthin are both part of a group of carotenoids known as xan-thophylls, which are extremely beneficial to the eyes and help significantly in the prevention of macular degeneration Sodium Selenate?" - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.)

"Most of the time people are not getting what they think they are buying when they purchase a bottle of olive oil (hence the scandal in the olive oil industry which was first introduced to the public by my newsletter, Beyond Health News, and was ultimately included in a worldwide broadcast by the BBC and by ABC news). Almost all olive oil is processed and diluted in ways that result in the loss of vitamins, essential fatty acids, antioxidants, and other nutrients, not to mention the addition/creation of toxins. In my search for a healthful olive oil, I found only one U.S." - Raymond Francis, Never Be Sick Again: Health is a Choice, Learn How to Choose It (Get the book.)

"For cooking, use vegetable oils such as canola and olive oil. • Minimize intake of saturated fats and cholesterol. • Consume less than 2 percent of calories in trans fat (the "partially hydrogenated oil" found in many margarines and many baked goods, cookies, crackers, candy bars, and breakfast cereals; check ingredient labels). The optimal daily intake of trans fat: none. 5. Keep your body mass index (BMI) from going over 25 (meaning, don't be overweight for your height). The good news is that if you do the other things on this list, your weight will be much easier to keep in check. 6." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.)

"No, the cook already knew that olive oil with tomatoes is a really good idea. As cook in your kitchen you enjoy an omniscience about your food that no amount of supermarket study or label reading could hope to match. Having retaken control of the meal from the food scientists and processors, you know exactly what is and is not in it: There are no questions about high-fructose corn syrup, or ethoxylated diglycerides, or partially hydrogenated soy oil, for the simple reason that you didn't ethoxylate or partially hydrogenate anything, nor did you add any additives." - Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Get the book.) "Though as food psychologist Paul Rozin points out, the abiding "flavor principles" of a cuisine—whether lemon and olive oil in the Mediterranean, soy sauce and ginger in Asia, or even ketchup in America—make it easier for a culture to incorporate useful new foods that might otherwise taste unacceptably foreign. Yet more than many other cultural practices, eating is deeply rooted in nature—in human biology on one side and in the natural world on the other." - Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Get the book.) "Also, no distinctions were made between different types of fat: Women getting their allowable portion of fat from olive oil or fish were lumped together with women getting their fat from low-fat cheese or chicken breasts or margarine. Why? Because when the study was designed sixteen years ago, the whole notion of "good fats" was not yet on the mainstream scientific scope. Scientists study what scientists can see. Another problem with the trial was that the low-fat group failed to hit the target of reducing their fat intake to 20 percent of total calories." - Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Get the book.)

"Preparations: For internal use of Sage essential oil use 1 part essential oil to 1 part olive oil, so for every 10 drops of Sage essential oil, 10 drops of olive oil is used. Mix together and in each capsule put 4 drops of combined oil. Use this same mixture topically. If it is agreeable, try applying undiluted for a stronger effect." - Charles W. Kane, Herbal Medicine of the American Southwest (Get the book.)

"Drink coffee with your steak, and your body won't be able to fully absorb the iron in the meat. The olive oil with which I eat tomatoes makes the lycopene they contain more available to my body. Some of those compounds in the sprig of thyme may affect my digestion of the dish I add it to, helping to break down one compound or stimulate production of an enzyme needed to detoxify another. We have barely begun to understand the relationships among foods in a cuisine." - Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Get the book.)

"Although not an extremely low-fat diet, consisting of whole grains, fruits, vegetables, seafood and olive oil with limited meat and dairy (mostly cheese), the Mediterranean diet offers a high intake of neutral or beneficial fats found in olive and walnut oils. Low breast cancer rates of Greek and southern Italian women may be attributed to the protective effects of these beneficial omega-3s." - Freedom Press, Natural Cancer Cures: The Definitive Guide to Using Dietary Supplements to Fight and Prevent Cancer (Get the book.)

"Salt and pepper Heat olive oil over medium-high heat in a large frying pan. Add onion and garlic; cook and stir until soft. Stir in greens and cook until wilted. Salt and pepper to taste. Serve hot or warm. Makes 4 servings. NUTRITION FACTS Amount Per Serving: Calories 1 80 - Calories from Fat 100 - Total Fat 1 1 g Saturated Fat 1." - C. W. Randolph, M.D., From Belly Fat to Belly FLAT: How Your Hormones Are Adding Inches to Your Waistline and Subtracting Years from Your Life (Get the book.)

"The best source of fat is organic cold-pressed flax oil, coconut oil and olive oil. The other source of fats that one should eat comes from organic meat. APPLICATION So far the facts. The good news is: one can successfully treat people in an astonishing number of cases by just teaching them to eat well again. Just eat healthy, avoid sugar by all means and avoid refined carbohydrates. Avoid alcohol and any sort of drug. One of the authors of this book treated over 8000 patients so far. Lots of people can be healed by change of nutritional diet alone. But it gets even more exciting!" - Kenneth W Thomas, Ron Gilbert, Gerd Schaller, Side Effects: The Hidden Agenda of the Pharmaceutical Drug Cartel (Get the book.)

"By contrast, ingesting monounsaturated fats, as found in olive oil, reduces breast cancer risk by 45 percent. This phenomenon is easy to understand. Once in contact with air, polyunsaturated fats attract many oxygen free radicals and become oxidized, that is, they turn rancid. Oxygen free radicals are generated when oxygen molecules lose an electron. This makes them highly reactive. Eating these aggressive fats causes them to attach to cell membranes in a manner similar to an oil slick in the sea engulfing and suffocating birds and sea creatures." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"And when I do, you can bet I'm going to experience Italian cuisine to its fullest—enjoying every dip of my bread in rich, delicious olive oil and savoring every spoonful of slow-cooked marinara. Of course, before we can begin to appreciate the way another culture approaches food, it helps to take a look at our own habits. Our tendencies to hurry through meals, mindlessly snack as we watch TV, and dine at the dashboard aren't exactly helping Americans eat less and move more." - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.) "Instead of making plain vegetables, give them a quick stir-fry with a little bit of olive oil or canola oil and some minced garlic. þDon't be a potato purist; add garlic (fresh or roasted) to your favorite potato dishes. þSimmer sauces with a teaspoon or two of minced or roasted garlic. þDress up dips and dressings with a teaspoon of minced or roasted garlic. My other favorite way to enjoy garlic is roasted! I love how the flavor mellows and deepens at the same time. To roast, I follow these steps. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Cut off the tops of two or three garlic bulbs, exposing the cloves." - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.) "Set the bulbs in a large square of foil, and drizzle about V2 teaspoon of olive oil over each bulb. Let them sit for 15 minutes. Wrap the cloves with the foil, so they are inside the foil pouch. Roast for 45 minutes. Squeeze the roasted garlic out of each bulb, clove by clove, and enjoy in your recipe or dish. The four "big guns" in the organosulfur family are DAS (diallyl sulfide) and DADS (diallyl disulfide), which are both fat-friendly compounds, and SEC (S-ethyl cysteine) and NAC (N-acetylcysteine), which are water-friendly." - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.)

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