Are olive leaves and whole green olives healthier than olive oil?

#1

Olive leaves are lower in calories!!

Can one just confirm an organic olive farm for the olive leaves
Oleopeurin if you can tolerate the taste

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#3

FWIW, on the ZOE podcast, I learned that olive oil is ok at high heat for most home cooks. They said the issue is the ultra high heat you might produce in a restaurant setting. I can’t speak to its accuracy but they seemed to know what they were talking about. As a result, I use EVOO with anything unless it’s on the grill.

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#4

Oleuropein is the polyphenol responsible for the bitter taste of the good EVOO.

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#5

That’s why I love Greek food, dolmades !

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#6

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/pharmacology-toxicology-and-pharmaceutical-science/secoiridoid

#7

lindsay’s large pitted olives: 500 units of acrylamide (larger pitted black olives often have more)

#8

Olives and leaves may be healthier than olive oil gram for gram. However olive oil has 3 distinct benefits:

  1. EVOO increases consumption of healthy foods as part of a med diet. Without olive oil my salad, vegetable, fish and wholegrain consumption would be much lower. Simply because evoo massively increases the pleasure of eating those foods.
    2.EVOO displaces less healthy fats. I eat less butter and animal fat and less cooked vegetable oil because i use EVOO
  2. high EVOO consumption as part of the Mediterranean diet naturally keeps my total calorie consumption lower. An olive oily salad is a hunger satisfying meal. salad on its own isn’t