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Omega 9 - Oleic Acid
Note: Please take a minute to read my essential fatty acids (EFA) page, which will clear up some of the confusion regarding EFAs.
| Fatty Acids by Category |
| Omega-6 |
Omega-3 |
Omega-9 |
| polyunsaturated |
polyunsaturated |
monounsaturated |
| LA - Linoleic Acid |
ALA or LNA - Alpha linolenic acid |
Oleic acid |
| GLA - Gamma linolenic acid |
EPA - Eicosapentaenoic acid |
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| DGLA - Dihomo gamma-linolenic Acid |
DHA - Docosahexaenoic acid |
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| AA - Arachidonic Acid |
DPA (omega 3) - Docosapentaenoic acid |
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| DTA - Docosatetraenoic acid |
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| DPA - (omega 6) Docosapentaenoic |
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General Information:
News & Research:
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Consuming Extra Virgin Olive Oil Helps To Combat Degenerative Diseases Such
As Cancer, Study Suggests - Science Daily, 1/21/08 -
"consumption of olive oil rich in polyphenols
(natural antioxidants) improves the lives of people suffering from oxidative
stress, and is also highly beneficial for the prevention of cell aging and
osteoporosis"
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The impact of olive oil consumption pattern on the risk of acute coronary
syndromes: the cardio2000 case-control study - Clin Cardiol. 2007
Mar;30(3):125-9 - "Exclusive use of
olive oil during food preparation seems to offer significant protection
against CHD, irrespective of various clinical, lifestyle and other
characteristics of the participants"
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Review supports olive oil as natures super food for the heart - Nutra
USA, 3/29/07
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Olive Oil May Prevent Ulcers - WebMD, 2/13/07 -
"A new Spanish study suggests virgin
olive oil may help prevent and treat H. pylori infections, which are
responsible for millions of cases of gastritis and ulcers each year"
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New
Year's Resolution No. 1: Prevent Cancer, Use Olive Oil - Science Daily,
12/12/06
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Virgin Olive Oil Better for Heart - WebMD, 9/5/06 -
"the virgin olive oil higher in
polyphenols increased the level of good, high-density lipoprotein (HDL)
cholesterol more than the other two types of olive oil"
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Olive oil—key to Mediterranean diet's benefits - MSNBC, 3/10/06
- Olive Oil
for Pain Relief? - Dr. Weil, 1/10/06
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Olive Oil's Heart-Healthy Secret - WebMD, 11/11/05 -
"the functioning of the inner lining
of the small blood vessels of the fingers of the participants and the
concentration of certain healthy components in the blood, such as nitric
oxide, improved after the breakfast of high-phenolic olive oil"
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Olive oil compounds fight colon cancer - Nutra USA, 11/8/05
- New Clues on Olive Oil's Anticancer Effects - WebMD, 1/10/05
- Olive Oil Cleared for Heart-Healthy Claim - WebMD, 11/1/04 - "eating about two tablespoons of olive oil a day may reduce the risk of heart disease"
- Answers to Pressing Questions About Olive Oil - Natural Foods Merchandiser, 4/04
- New Heart-Healthy Corn Due To Hit Stores Worldwide By 2007 - Intelihealth, 9/11/03
- Mediterranean diet 'extends life' - bbc.co.uk. 8/24/03 -
"The[y] found that quercetin, which is abundant in olive oil, has a similar effect"
- Mediterranean Diet Eases Rheumatoid Arthritis - WebMD, 2/19/03 -
"significant improvement was reported by most of the 26 arthritic patients who
followed the well-studied dietary regimen for three months. The Mediterranean diet includes olive and canola oils as the primary dietary sources of fat -- along with plenty of fish, poultry, produce, and legumes ... In addition to being good sources of heart-healthy fats, olive and canola oils are rich in oleic acid
and vitamin E. Like vitamin E, oleic acid has an anti-inflammatory effect and is thought to reduce inflammatory protein levels ... Those on the Mediterranean diet first began to experience relief after six weeks (although their cholesterol levels dropped after three) and improvement continued throughout the study
... They lost an average of seven pounds by study's end"
- Extra-virgin is the oil of choice to protect against LDL oxidation - herbs.org
- Bad News for Olive Oil: Fats in the 'Mediterranean Diet' May Harm Blood Vessels - WebMD, 6/6/00
- Best Heart Benefits From Canola and Fish Oils -- Not Olive Oil - WebMD, 3/14/00 -
"Most people don't realize that the Lyon diet did not use olive oil ... Ten volunteers,
all with normal cholesterol levels, were given three meals composed of canola oil and bread, olive oil and bread, or salmon, with each meal totaling 50 g of fat ... The olive oil meal caused vessels to constrict by 34%, whereas the canola oil and salmon meals caused insignificant changes in blood vessels, Vogel
reports. Because such constrictions injure the blood vessels' endothelium, they contribute to heart disease"
Abstracts:
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Moderate Consumption of Olive Oil by Healthy European Men Reduces Systolic
Blood Pressure in Non-Mediterranean Participants J Nutr. 2007
Jan;137(1):84-87 - "General linear
models showed that the administration of the sequence of the 3 olive oils
was responsible for a 3% decrease in systolic BP (SBP) (P < 0.05), but not
in diastolic BP, in the non-Mediterranean subjects"
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Olive oil consumption and risk of breast cancer in the Canary Islands: a
population-based case-control study - Public Health Nutr. 2006
Feb;9(1A):163-7 - "Our results
support the protective role of olive oil consumption on breast cancer among
Canaries women"
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Postprandial anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects of
extra virgin olive oil - Atherosclerosis. 2006 Feb
17 - "A
significant decrease in inflammatory markers, namely TXB(2) and LTB(4),
after 2 and 6h after EVOO (but not OO or CO) consumption and a concomitant
increase of serum antioxidant capacity were recorded"
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Dietary supplementation with olive oil leads to improved lipoprotein spectrum and lower n-6 PUFAs in elderly subjects - Med Sci Monit. 2004 Mar
23;10(4):PI49-PI54 - "The supplement was taken for 6 weeks and involved daily consumption of 2 tablespoons ... There was also a significant decline in the total-to-HDL and LDL-to-HDL cholesterol ratios"
- Differential effects of saturated and monounsaturated fats on postprandial lipemia and glucagon-like peptide 1 responses in patients with type 2 diabetes - Am J Clin Nutr. 2003
Mar;77(3):605-11 - "Olive oil induced lower
triacylglycerol concentrations and higher HDL-cholesterol concentrations than did butter, without eliciting significant changes in glucose, insulin, or fatty acids" -
Olive oil is 76% omega-9.
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