Scientists Discover Why Olive Oil Lowers Blood Pressure

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[nickcarraway]

The secret to the Mediterranean diet may be in the salad. Eating unsaturated fats, like those in olive oil, along with leafy greens and other vegetables creates a certain kind of fatty acid that lowers blood pressure, scientists said Monday.

These nitro fatty acids are formed when consuming spinach, celery and carrots that are filled with nitrates and nitrites, along with avocado, nuts and olive oils that contain healthy fats. Nitro fatty acids appear to inhibit an enzyme known as soluble epoxide hydrolase, which regulates blood pressure, said the research in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a peer-reviewed US journal.

[lee martell]

I’m running out to buy me a big ol Jug of that there Olive Oil today!

[nickcarraway]

Time to stomp some more olives.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

[Constitution Day]

To be fair, Olive Oyl doesn’t look like the kind of woman that would raise ANYONE’S blood pressure.

I never understood what Popeye and Brutus saw in her. ;)

[glorgau]

You an get mayonnaise made with olive oil.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

She gots a purty mouff!

[CatherineofAragon]

Yeah, but look at THEM.

[Isabel2010]

I was going to comment on Olive’s Oly’s attraction, but I’ll pass after yours~~eeewwwwwww~~~

[Renegade]

Every time I here or see anything about the Golden Oreo president my blood pressure rises. There isn’t enough olive oil in the supermarket to lower my pressure for a sustained period of time.

[meadsjn]

To be fair, Olive Oyl doesn’t look like the kind of woman that would raise ANYONE’S blood pressure.

I never understood what Popeye and Brutus saw in her. ;)

Maybe it was because she was the only young woman on the show. Anyone who has visited GTMO or other isolated base would immediately recognize the phenomenon.

If the arithmetic is right, she doesn't even have to be young.

More calculii will surely follow ...

[wastoute]

The “secret” to the “Med Diet” was junk science.

[null and void]

Your only saying that because the baseline diet was surveyed during Lent!

[Little Bill]

I buy it by the gallon, the stuff is great. Remember the smoke point is < than 350 degres so don’t use it to make French fries.

[Constitution Day]

LOL!

[11th Commandment]

Showing Oils reduce blood pressure is a long way from the claims of reducing Coronary disease and weight loss. In fact the substitution of vegetable fat and animal fat had many health consequences. Solution, a balanced diet!

[Constitution Day]

Yeah, but look at THEM.

Point well taken!

[Jack Hydrazine]

The two best oils for you are olive (extra virgin) and coconut.

[Dr. Sivana]

I never understood what Popeye and Brutus saw in her. ;)

A good friend of mine who was living in Lebanon in the '80s told me that the Lebanese liked Popeye cartoons. They just view them differently.

First, they kind of like Bluto/Brutus, as he looks rather Arabic.

Second, they don't see the irony of fighting over Olive Oyl, as they believe that's what ALL American women look and act like.

Third, it was commonly thought that Bluto/Brutus was actually fighting Popeye over the Spinach, which is well-loved in the region.

[Constitution Day]

That is just hilarious!

I happen to love spinach too, but not enough to make me chase a woman like Olive Oyl.