I read that olive oil can lower your blood pressure, is this true? And if so how much should you use?

Answer 1

5 tsp of Olive Oil a day,to replace all other fats in your diet. Lo sodium intake is also affective in lowering the blood preasure

Answer 2

Contrary to one of the statements made by one person answering this question, The Royal Free Hospital and School of Medicine found that taking 3/4 of a tablespoon of raw olive oil twice a day in addition to regular diet resulted in less clumping of platelets and less of the arachidonic fatty acid that encourages platelet stickiness. Researchers believed that this was one more piece of evidence to support why the Mediterranean diet produced lower levels of heart disease.

Answer 3

Olive Oil has ALOT of UNfounded claims



stick to saturated fats and omega 3's




Oily Claims For Olive Oil

Before you fall for such HYPE and begin smothering you r food in this ' liquid magic' in the hopes of avoiding heart disease;be aware that only ONE randomized , blinded clinical trial has ever examined the effect of olive oil on CHD.

The results were HARDLY SUPPORTIVE of the widely accepted notion that olive oil is the most heart friendly of fats.


After two years 9 coronary incidents had occurred in the OILVE OIL group , 12 in the corn oil group and six amoung the control group.

3 subjects from the OLIVE OIL group had died and 5 from the CORN OIL group , whislt ONLY ONE fatality occurred amoung those eating the ANIMAL FAT RICH CONTROL DIET .

All deaths were due to heart disease.


Olive oil HYPE is a MYTH



Remember an atherosclerotic plaque contains only a little amount of both cholesterol and various fats MAINLY BEING 90 % HARD FIBROUS SCAR TISSUE AND SMOOTH MUCLE CELLS BUT out of the SMALL percentage of fats


80 PERCENT ARE UNsaturated like the type olive oil is, THAT'S RIGHT,

THE SO - CALLED "HEART HEALTHY" UNsaturated fats COMPRISE 80 PERCENT OF THE FATS FOUND IN THE ATHEROSCLEROSTIC PLAQUE.


SATURATED FAT MAKES UP ONLY 20 PERCENT OUT OF THE FATS.

Answer 4

Yes it is true, it contains virtually no cholestrol.
It can decrease your hypertension, clean up arteries, about 4to5 tablespoon full daily will burn off every cm of your fat.
angina will almost come to nil.
USE VIRGIN OLIVE OIL ALONG WITH OMEGA3 DIET IF YOU ARE A CARDIAC PATIENT.