Olive oil

[vonniesims]

Having watched the session on inflammation and diet I have started on Olive Oil 10mls daily. Advice on Google about what dose to take varies a lot.Does anyone take it and how much?

[sylvi]

Looking forward to hearing how you get on with it. xxxx

[vonniesims in reply to sylvi]

Good Morning Sylvi, how are you getting on?

[sylvi in reply to vonniesims]

I am doing ok since the surgery which is five weeks tomorrow. Still a bit breathless, but nothing like i was before the surgery. Thank you for asking darling. xxxx

[Fruitandnutcase]

I have to say I do not love olives or olive oil, I use it to cook but I could never dip bread into it like you see in some restaurants.

Anyway, my hairdresser is from Sicily and he swears by a tablespoon of Sicilian olive oil every day - says it is the only olive oil to drink. You can use it to dress salads etc.

I think he said it is best because of the climate and because the olive trees grow on volcanic soil which is why it is so good for you - much better than stuff from olives grown elsewhere. He has promised that when he gets his next batch he will let me taste it. Can’t say I’m keen to be honest. I found this site strazzantisicilyexperiences...

If you Google Sicilian olive oil you will see all sorts of suppliers.

Good luck with it - let us know how it goes.

[vonniesims in reply to Fruitandnutcase]

Thank you. I have an expensive one which is high in polyphenols as recommended. I don't like the taste either, but a drop of lemon juice helps. Will give it 3 months and report back

[Fruitandnutcase in reply to vonniesims]

Polyphenols - that’s what he said his Sicilian one is high in. When we used to go to Jamie’s Italian they always brought you a dish of olive oil and out some balsamic vinegar into it - I used to ask for the balsamic on its own and they were always ok about that so the lemon juice in it is probably similar to the balsamic they put in their olive oil 😊

[AgedCrone in reply to Fruitandnutcase]

If you read the info bkurb about WHICH olive oil works the magic…you would likely need a Mortgage to buy it. It is not the £5/10 a bottle we all buy in M&S,but the real high end stuff around £50,

[vonniesims in reply to AgedCrone]

£26.90 for 500 mls, but only taking 10mls a day

[Fluffontoast]

Pour it on sliced large tomatoes with fresh basil leaves and a pinch of salt, then mop the juice with decent bread. After a while you may not need the tomatoes!

[WillowsMother in reply to Fluffontoast]

OMG, you have me salivating - That’s my absolute favourite starter! Especially with sourdough and smoked sea salt! Only one downside is that tomatoes aren't great for inflammation, which kind of defeats the purpose of trying to eat olive oil every day. Shame... 🙈

[Lolabridge]

Many years ago I lived for a year in the South of France. I noticed many elderly gentlemen would sit outside the cafés in the late morning and drink a large spoonful of olive oil followed by a glass of Pastis! Presumably the former was to “oil the joints” and the latter was to take away the taste of the oil. Then they would play pétanque, rather well!

(Pastis is like Ricard or Ouzo.)

[mchokozi]

I take a tablespoon each day. I used Consumerlabs.com to research which olive oil is considered highly recommended.

[vonniesims in reply to mchokozi]

Thankyou, will have a look

[ABwn]

Be interesting to hear how you feel after 3 months. Is it best to take it on its own first thing in the morning? 🤞

[vonniesims in reply to ABwn]

Don't think it matters. It seems some people take it at night

[Rusticgarden]

I've been using extra virgin olive oil as I'm following Mediterranean diet, I use it on salads, pasta etc

[pammi2]

i dont take olive oil I take ghee, and cocunut oil

[Hairbraid]

I have just started on two spoonfuls of olive oil needs to have polyphenols in it I watched the NRAS chat about diet you can catch up was so informative this was one too also cinnamon prove to help and Mediterranean diet which I already do hope it helps us big hugs to you

[vonniesims in reply to Hairbraid]

Yes me too. How big a spoonful? Thats where I got the idea from. It was very informative

[Hairbraid in reply to vonniesims]

I’m doing tablespoons xxxx

[SteveSi]

Olive oil is the only type of oil I use. It needs to be Extra Virgin Olive oil and Organic. There are two possible reasons why using Olive Oil might be of benefit.

1. By using olive oil as a total replacement for all other edible oils (especially seed oils, maize, rapeseed, soy, peanut, etc.).

2. By consuming olive oil as a 'medicine' because it has curative properties.

I firmly believe that reason 1 is the main benefit. Olive oil is relatively harmless and may be slightly beneficial, but the highly processed seed oils that you are still consuming are harmful. Esp. as these oils are often high in pesticides and insecticides.

The Mediterranean diet used to be healthy, because it consisted of pure, fresh, organically grown, locally produced food (note the phrase 'used to' - these days the same foods are full of chemicals, are never fresh as they could be in cold storage for months and are artificially ripened, etc., and many sadly lack flavour as they have never even dipped their roots in soil).

Also, so much cheap olive oil these days is adulterated. It is often mixed with cheap seed oil and is highly processed (which is why I prefer extra virgin unfiltered olive oil). The taste of non-virgin olive oil is often bitter due to the way the oil is extracted (skins and bitter stones are macerated with the flesh and then the oil is extracted under high temperature and pressure to get out as much of the oil as possible). Cold mechanical first pressing extra virgin oil is by far the best.

So instead of drinking additional olive oil, simply use it to replace all of the other poisonous oils that you are currently using.

Good extra virgin cold-pressed olive oil is (was) delicious when consumed with nothing more than just fresh bread. Sadly, it is very difficult to find any olive oil these days that can be eaten in this way, even in Greece or Spain.

[Evie3]

I was thinking of trying that! I always feel better when we have been away and had Mediterranean diet.