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Only virgin type of olive oil consumption reduces the risk of mortality: study

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Post by denton-scratch »

vineyardmike wrote: post #210
CoastalCoder wrote: post #147

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Some of this is contrary to what I've read and my personal experience: Subjecting EVOO to an electric blender results in a distinctly bitter taste. For salad dressings that involve a blender, I stick with non-EV olive oils.

> Subjecting EVOO to an electric blender results in a distinctly bitter taste. I've never considered using a blender to make a dressing. I was thinking "drizzle oil over leaves with some vinegar" type of dressing. Something like that is where you'd be able to taste the flavors of the oil. But I'm one of those weird people who goes to oil tasting rooms to find the ones I like so maybe its not a universal advice.

Nor me. I mix oil, cider vinegar, seasoning and a dash of mustard (emulsifier) in a small jar with a lid, and shake hard.

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Post by dagw »

metroholografix wrote: post #73

Greek olive oil is considered the best in the world and doesn't suffer from Mafia infiltration which is a huge problem in Italy [1] [2] [3]. Here is some good quality Greek olive oil available in US, reasonably priced, that you can buy without fear of adulteration or other shadiness: https://www.amazon.com/Terra-Creta-Kolymvari-Protective-Desi... https://www.amazon.com/Iliada-Extra-Virgin-Olive-Liter/dp/B0... The Gre…

Greek olive oil is considered the best in the world

This is a pretty meaningless statement. It's like saying French wine is considered the best in the world. Perhaps true in some narrow sense, but the variations within a country are every bit as large as the variations between countries. Every country that produces olive oil produces some really top quality oil and some garbage oil

Personally I mostly buy Spanish olive oil these days. Not because Spanish olive oil is 'the best', but because the best oil I've found for the price I'm most often willing to pay at the store I normally shop at happens to be from Spain.

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Post by eimrine »

denton-scratch wrote: post #212

The "risk of mortality" is 100%. Perhaps there are some foodstuffs that increase expected lifespan; but youcan't reduce the risk of mortality. We're all mortal.

Mortality is the number of deaths within a particular society and within a particular period of time:

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Post by actionfromafar »

saiya-jin wrote: post #209
glenngillen wrote: post #192

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The EU has a minimum level of labour laws not present in the US federation.

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Post by Tozen »

elevaet wrote: post #196
metroholografix wrote: post #73

Greek olive oil is considered the best in the world and doesn't suffer from Mafia infiltration which is a huge problem in Italy [1] [2] [3]. Here is some good quality Greek olive oil available in US, reasonably priced, that you can buy without fear of adulteration or other shadiness: https://www.amazon.com/Terra-Creta-Kolymvari-Protective-Desi... https://www.amazon.com/Iliada-Extra-Virgin-Olive-Liter/dp/B0... The Gre…

I recently had some very good Australian olive oil, Colbram brand. I expect there's less problems with fakery in Aussie EVOO, but not certain.

Good point. Hard to know who to trust, when it comes to olive oil, with so many scams, fakes, and contamination.

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Post by stavros »

ultrasandwich wrote: post #220
stavros wrote: post #106

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Greek here, never heard of Terra Creta or Iliada, but the PDO stamps look legit (they are from famous oil-producing areas).

Terra Creta was everywhere in Crete when I was visiting there. Maybe it doesn't ship to the mainland very much?

Hm yeah, probably. I also don't notice oil brands very much, but these aren't some of the big ones (Altis, Elais, etc).

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Post by adrian_b »

GloriousKoji wrote: post #8

Typically you're suppose to add "in mice" to the end of headlines but in this case it's "in Spanish people".

Actually this study is consistent with several studies done in rats, but I do not remember now the links.

In the studies done in rats, the purpose was to determine whether a high-fat diet causes or prevents atherosclerosis.

In rats, the worst outcome was caused by a diet high in saturated fat and much better outcomes were caused by a diet enriched in oleic acid, e.g. by using high-oleic sunflower oil.

However, the extra-virgin olive oil had an additional protective effect against atherosclerosis, in comparison with the other vegetable oils with a similar fatty acid profile.

So the conclusion is that EVOO includes some unidentified substance, perhaps a phenolic compound, which is good for cardiovascular health.

This, together with the fact that the olive oil has an optimal fatty acid profile with high content of oleic acid and with enough linoleic acid, makes it a very good choice for the main source of fat in the food.

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Post by OJFord »

bgribble wrote: post #20

On urban US supermarket shelves virtually every bottle of olive oil advertises itself as "virgin" or the "even better" varieties ("extra virgin", "first cold pressed" etc). I have read that many of these labels are hogwash, and that the contents of your typical supermarket "extra virgin olive oil" bottle pretty often include adulterants like palm, canola, or sunflower oil. I can definitely taste the diff between supe…

> On urban US supermarket shelves virtually every bottle of olive oil advertises itself as "virgin" or the "even better" varieties ("extra virgin", [...]

That's interesting, I was thinking (in pure headline reaction) I don't think I've ever seen (in the UK) anything other (w.r.t. virginity anyway) than 'olive oil' and 'extra virgin olive oil'. Never 'virgin' or 'slightly more virgin' or 'supremely virgin'.

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