Home

 

 
Breaking News
Hot News
Inroduction
Editorial
Pakistan
Japan
World
Religion
Community Services
Technology
Showbiz
Sports
Business
Cooking
Your Voice
Misc
Advertise
Feedback


Urdu Pages


 

space.gif (111 bytes)

Please Your Heart and Palate With Olive Oil

Also in This Issue of Health & Wellness
The Lowdown on High Blood Pressure
Learn what those numbers mean and how blood pressure reflects your heart's health. go >
 
When it comes to heart health, virgin olive oil may have an edge over other vegetable fats, new research suggests.

Reporting in the Annals of Internal Medicine, European researchers say virgin olive oil may be particularly effective at lowering heart disease risk because of its high level of antioxidant plant compounds.

In a study of 200 healthy men, the researchers found that virgin olive oil rich in antioxidants called polyphenols showed stronger heart-health effects than the more extensively processed "nonvirgin" variety.

The findings suggest that virgin olive oil has more going for it than its supply of heart-healthy monounsaturated fat, according to the study authors. Polyphenols, they say, may account for some of the health benefits that have been attributed to the oil.

In fact, virgin olive oil is the only vegetable oil that's rich in polyphenols, the study's lead researcher Dr. Maria-Isabel Covas said.

Even "ordinary" olive oil has a lower polyphenol content, she noted, because it's a mixture of virgin olive oil and a more processed form of the oil.

(Thanks to: ThirdAge Health & Wellness