Bill Sardi
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 European Journal Nutrition 43:140-7, 2004]
While high quality, extra virgin olive oils may contain between 100 and 300 meg of polyphenols per liter of oil, the concentration of these same polyphenols is 300 to 500 times higher in olive water.
The olive water can then be dehydrated into a polyphe-nol-rich powder. One company, CreAgri, has developed a pill (Olivenol™) that provides as much antioxidants as 4 to 6 ounces of extra virgin olive oil without the fat and calorie content. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 We also do a lot of different olive varieties. I'm really into exotic olives and Mediterranean background, so I really love olives and olive oil. We do hemp seeds and hemp seed oil. We do many different exotic types of raw food bars that people make; different companies that are out there making Goji cacao bars or vanilla oat bars that are made out of raw food ingredients. We have a lot of that stuff. We also do a lot of distribution of information in the field of raw food.
Mike: You do a great job of getting information out. That's what I really admire about your work. |
Andreas Moritz
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 Intolerance to olive Oil
If you are allergic to olive oil or cannot tolerate it, you may use clear macadamia oil, expeller-pressed or cold-pressed grape seed oil, sunflower oil, or other expeller-pressed oils instead. Don't use canola, soy oil, or similar processed oils. Please note that extra virgin olive oil still appears to be the most effective oil for liver cleansing. |
Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith
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 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. |
Hyla Cass
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 Common elements include eating generous amounts of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains; consuming fish on a regular basis; drinking red wine in moderation; using olive oil; and eating very little red meat—basically, a high-fiber, high-antioxidant, low-animal fat, high-monounsaturated fat (that's the fat in olive oil) diet.
You can effortlessly maintain good health and proper weight, and control inflammation with this diet, which contains almost no processed foods. And you can lose weight on this diet, especially if you stay away from processed breads and sugars. |
James Dowd and Diane Stafford
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 Vi-inch thick with peels on ]A cup chives, chopped
2 tablespoons olive oil
4 large cloves garlic, minced or pressed 1 tablespoon lemon juice, freshly squeezed lA cup red wine
Alternative: Replace the last four ingredients with 4 tablespoons Universal Marinade.
1. Put olive oil, lemon juice, and garlic in a large nonstick skillet. Heat on medium-high. Add chopped onion and stir for 5 minutes.
2. Reduce heat to medium-low. Add sliced potatoes, chopped kale, and lA cup red wine. Cover with lid.
3. Cook for 20 minutes or until potatoes are soft.
4. Serve with salmon or pork tenderloin. |
Bill Sardi
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| The fruit is autumn olive (botanical name: Elaeag-nus Umbellataj that produces a small red berry that grows like a shrub. It is native to China but also grows on the east coast of the United States. Autumn olives contain 30 to 50 mg of lycopene per 100 grams, or about 20% of its total weight is lycopene, and it is high in phenols, other potent antioxidants. For comparison, 100 grams of tomatoes provide about 4.2 mg of lycopene. [US Agriculture Research Service, 2001]
Garlic
The public popularly believes garlic is good for health and helps prevent cancer. This is true. |
Bottom Line Health
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| Vi cup fresh lime juice (about 2 limes) 1 Tbsp soy sauce
1 garlic clove, chopped
2 Tbsp chopped Thai or Italian basil
Vi tsp hot red pepper flakes
Va tsp freshly ground black pepper
Va cup olive oil
1 pound firm or extra firm tofu in one block
4-inch piece of cucumber, peeled
1 medium red onion, halved vertically and cut into half-inch crescents 8 cherry tomatoes
To make the marinade, combine the lime juice, soy sauce, garlic, basil, red pepper flakes, black pepper and olive oil in a resealable plastic bag. Cut the pressed tofu into 12 cubes. Add the tofu to the bag. |
Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D.
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 In a test of olive oils, researchers found anticarcinogenic properties in monounsaturated fat. That would mean that olive oil, rich in monounsaturated fat, is not only a heart helper but may also deter cancer. That helps explain why, compared to northern Europeans, southern Europeans, whose diets tend to overflow with the oil, have lower rates of both heart disease and cancer.
YOU Tip: Tea It Up. Green tea has been shown to have the highest content of polyphenols, which are chemicals with potent antioxidant properties (believed to be greater than even vitamin C). |
| If you don't like the taste or the fact that coworkers shrink away when they pass you in the hall, you can also take garlic in pill form (called allicin) at 400 milligrams a day (though the odor may still emerge through your sweat glands).
ž olive oil. The "extra virgin" kind contains lots of healthy phytonutrients as well as monounsaturated fats, which help raise your good HDL cholesterol. Aim for 25 percent of your diet to come from healthy fats like those found in olive oil. That will reduce your RealAge by more than six years.
ž Omega-3 fatty acids. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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 Wild oregano as well as extracts of olive leaf are recognized for their potent antifungal, antibacterial, antiviral, and antiparasitic properties. Oregano can be made into a tea by steeping 1 to 2 teaspoons of the dried herb in hot water for ten minutes. You can drink the tea three times a day. You can also take both oil of oregano and olive oil extract as supplements. Note: If you're pregnant, don't use oil of oregano, as it may induce miscarriage. |
Michael T. Murray, N.D., Joseph E. Pizzorno, N.D.
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 Olive Oil
A popular lay remedy for gallstones is the so-called olive oil "liver flush." There are several variations. A typical one involves drinking 1 cup of unrefined olive oil with the juice of two lemons in the morning for several days. Many people tell tales of passing huge stones while on the liver flush. However, what they think are gallstones are simply a soft saponified complex of minerals, olive oil, and lemon juice produced within the gastrointestinal tract.
The olive oil liver flush is probably undesirable for patients with gallstones for several reasons. |
Hyla Cass
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| Common elements include eating generous amounts of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains; consuming fish on a regular basis; drinking red wine in moderation; using olive oil; and eating very little red meat—basically, a high-fiber, high-antioxidant, low-animal fat, high-monounsaturated fat (that's the fat in olive oil) diet.
You can effortlessly maintain good health and proper weight, and control inflammation with this diet, which contains almost no processed foods. And you can lose weight on this diet, especially if you stay away from processed breads and sugars. |
Bruce H. Lipton
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 But when the dye reaches an olive without a pimento, the pitted olive provides a channel through which the dye can flow freely across the middle of the sandwich, then through the bread to the plate.
The plate in this analogy represents the cell's cytoplasm. By passing through the pimento-free olive, the dye penetrates the buttery layer to reach the other side of the "membrane" sandwich. The dye has successfully navigated the formidable, fatty, membrane barrier! |
J. Douglas Bremner
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 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. |
| 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. |
Neal D. Barnard and Bryanna Clark Grogan
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 When it comes to avoiding greasy foods, some people are eager to make an exception for olive oil. It seems natural and even chic. But think for a second about how factories manage to fill a bottle with oil. They take an enormous number of olives, discard their fiber and pulp, and leave you with pure fat.
Gram for gram, olive oil has the same number of calories as beef fat, chicken fat, and other fats and oils—that is, 9 calories per gram. No other food is more calorie dense. |
Hyla Cass, M.D.
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| Common elements include eating generous amounts of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains; consuming fish on a regular basis; drinking red wine in moderation; using olive oil; and eating very little red meat—basically, a high-fiber, high-antioxidant, low-animal fat, high-monounsaturated fat (that's the fat in olive oil) diet.
You can effortlessly maintain good health and proper weight, and control inflammation with this diet, which contains almost no processed foods. And you can lose weight on this diet, especially if you stay away from processed breads and sugars. |
Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey
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 Oils include fats from many different plants and from fish that are liquid at room temperature, such as canola, corn, olive, soybean, and sunflower oil. Some foods are naturally high in oils, like nuts, olives, some fish, and avocados. Foods that are mainly oil include mayonnaise, certain salad dressings, and soft margarine.
8 Discretionary Calorie Allowance is the remaining amount of calories in a food intake pattern after accounting for the calories needed for all food groups—using forms of foods that are fat-free or low-fat and with no added sugars.
FIGURE 2 MyPyramid food intake patterns. |
Tom Bohager
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 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. |
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN
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| PM to 1 0 PM: olive Oil/Juice
Drink % cup (6 ounces) of organic cold pressed extra virgin olive oil. A small amount (2 tablespoons) of freshly squeezed orange, grapefruit, or lemon juice may be added to improve the taste (optional). Immediately after drinking the oil, go to bed and lie on your right side with your knees drawn up to your stomach for 30 minutes.
After 30 minutes, you can stretch out and go to sleep. If you experience cramping, walk around for ten minutes or so and then go back to bed. You may also feel nauseated during the night. |
Bruce H. Lipton
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| But when the dye reaches an olive without a pimento, the pitted olive provides a channel through which the dye can flow freely across the middle of the sandwich, then through the bread to the plate.
The plate in this analogy represents the cell's cytoplasm. By passing through the pimento-free olive, the dye penetrates the buttery layer to reach the other side of the "membrane" sandwich. The dye has successfully navigated the formidable, fatty, membrane barrier! |
David Winston, RH(AHG), and Steven Maimes
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 Vi inch chunks olive or sesame oil
8 cups water or stock
1 large sweet potato, peeled and cubed
12-16 dried shiitake mushrooms (black mushroom).
Soak first in water to rehydrate 1 small [Vi inch) piece fresh ginger, minced 1-2 whole red or white ginseng roots 1 ounce lycium fruit 3-4 astragalus sticks salt or tamari, pepper, and hot oil to taste
In a large soup pot, saute the onion, garlic, carrots, and chicken in a little olive oil or sesame oil. When the onion pieces start to become transparent, add the water or stock. Then add the sweet potato, shiitake, ginger, and herbs. |
J. Douglas Bremner
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| For example, there are fats in foods like olive oil and fish that actually promote heart health. As an example, the generic low-fat diet of the WHI reduced LDL cholesterol by only ten points, whereas a diet high in fruits and vegetables, soy, and nuts, and low in animal fat dropped cholesterol by 30%, a figure that equaled the effects of a statin (33%).
A low-carb diet does not prevent heart disease. Look at the doctor who developed it: He died of a heart attack. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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 Most people are aware that there are saturated fats— which they've been told to avoid—and have heard vaguely of monounsaturated fats (like those in olive oil) and polyunsaturated fats (like those in vegetable oils, nuts, and fish). Much as I'd love to, I don't have the space here to go into a primer on fats, but I'd like to give you a few bullet points before going into a little more detail about one specific class of polyunsaturated fats called the omega-3s. Here are the take-home points:
• Saturated fat is not always bad. |
Brigitte Mars, A.H.G.
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 The effect of this compound in dissolving the outer lining of pathogenic microbes is so potent that it must be removed before olive fruits can be fermented or the process will be inhibited.
The leaf increases the number and activity of phagocytes and interferes with viral infection by inactivating the virus, preventing the virus from shedding its coat, budding, or assembling at the cell membrane. It can also directly penetrate an infected host and inhibit viral replication. The leaf relaxes and dilates peripheral blood vessels and protects the body against hardening of the arteries. |
Neal D. Barnard and Bryanna Clark Grogan
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| Gram for gram, olive oil has the same number of calories as beef fat, chicken fat, and other fats and oils—that is, 9 calories per gram. No other food is more calorie dense. While olive oil contains a great deal of monounsaturated fat, which has little or no effect on cholesterol, it also contains saturated fat (about 13 percent), the kind that increases cholesterol and worsens insulin resistance. It does not matter how expensive the oil is or how "extra virgin" it may be. It still has more calories and saturated fat than your body is designed to process to maintain optimal health. |
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