Posted on 12/22/2011 7:00:54 AM PST by decimon
Scientists at the University of Granada have shown that oleic acid and hydroxytyrosol –present in a particularly high concentration in virgin olive oil– and n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids –found in fish– relieve the symptoms of pancreatitis.The researchers evaluated the role of Mediterranean diet ingredients in the prevention and mitigation of cell damage.
Oleic acid and hydroxytyrosol –present in a particularly high concentration in virgin olive oil– and n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids –found in fish– affect the cellular mechanisms involved in the development of acute pancreatitis, a disease of oxidative-inflammatory etiology. Therefore, oleic acid and hydroxytyrosol can be considered potential functional ingredients, as they may prevent or mitigate this disease.
Such was the conclusion drawn in a study conducted by a research group at the University of Granada Physiology Department, where the researchers examined the role of the Mediterranean diet ingredients in the prevention and mitigation of cell damage.
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I have some minor arthritis so am interested in any natural anti-inflammatory items.
Amping up my fish oil and garlic has helped quite a bit, but it doesn’t work overnight.
Hasn’t helped me. I’ve eaten foods cooked in virgin and extra virgin olivce oil all my life, eat a lot of seafood and take fish oil supplements but still suffer pancreatitis attacks once or twice a year.
I read somewhere that heating olive oil is bad for it, and you lose the benefits.
Better to use it in cold form, oil and vinegar on a salad, that sort of thing...
Can you trace the attacks to following some particular thing?
As much olive oil I use on my salads I should be real good.
I love olive oil.
Getting pancreatitis attacks twice a year... yikes. My one bout of it nearly did me in. Thank God & Mayo Clinic, I’m still here.
High triglycerides or hyper-lipidemia. My Dr. says that extreme hyper-lipidemia can be genetic and I believe him. I'm the oldest of seven and I have a brother and a sister who get attacks as well. My sister lives in pretty much constant pain. I only have pain when I have an attack. My triglycerides are always high...5-8 thousand range but they get to over 20,000 when I'm having an attack. They should be about 100.
They’re miserable. I never knew you could have so much pain and still function! 5-10 days in the hospital with no food or drink dooes the trick usually. That and lots of morphine.
Mine had me in a coma and on a ventilator for a month... and I don’t remember any of what would have been the worst... and I did come to like IV morphine in recovery :)
I’m surprised there isn’t a better treatment and hope there will be.
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