[Red Badger]

Great!

Now maybe they will get those horrible commercials off TV with fat people sing about their damn A1C!...................

[z3n]

Brought to you by the olive growers association

[exPBRrat]

Green olives or black olives and how many per day?...

... This is good news in my opinion

[joe fonebone]

bump for later

[Kid Shelleen]

How about a teaspoon of olive oil?

[Mr Rogers]

“Findings from a new mouse study indicate...Obese diabetic mice treated with elenolic acid showed improved blood sugar regulation and weight loss comparable to, or better than, current diabetic medications.”

Mice are herbivores (primarily). And it is already possible to regulate blood sugar and create weight loss by simple diet changes. The problem is too many doctors push the wrong changes, and too many people would rather die of diabetes than change how they eat.

If it leads to something, great, but it certainly doesn’t show humans would be helped by eating more olive oil.

[cyclotic]

My A1C was just into diabetic territory and we decided to fix it with some lifestyle changes.

I eat out a lot due to extensive business travel. More fish. Especially salmon.

I drink zero sugar pop.

I also mix some Field of Greens from Brickhouse Nutrition and drink a glass of that every day.

That minor combination resulted in about 30 lbs weight loss and a huge drop in A1C. (7.5 to 6.2)

For the record, I hate olives so that won’t become part of my diet.

[Bob434]

Oh just swell. So now I have to drink a Whole Lotta martinis?

[Venkman]

“According to the researchers, the concentration of elenolic acid in olive oil or olives is very low, so the benefits seen in this study would most likely not be gained from olive products alone.

[two-edged-sword]

I guess having Martini’s are a good idea then. LOL!

[1Old Pro]

Eating habits have also changed dramatically in the U.S. I’d like to see a study on that.

In the 50’s and 60’s did we have as many obese people? I remember having dinner, a balanced dinner at 5:30pm.

Nowadays people eat all day and well into the night, 7, 8 9pm.

[Cedar]

“obese mice with diabetes”

Something so wrong here.

[sphinx]

I seem to be immune to this effect.

[fuzzylogic]

I’ve noted for a long time that there’s been studies around olives & olive oil. There’s a Mediterranean town where having a heart attack almost never happens. Olives are staple of the diet.

I use olive oil for a lot of cooking.

[JimRed]

Green olives, or black (ripe) olives?

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