Good News for Heart Health
@Auntylou (4264)
Oxford, England
January 23, 2016 8:30pm CST
Scientists at the University of Glasgow led by Dr.Bill Mullen have developed a type of testing called Proteomics which can diagnose whether a person is suffering from heart disease even before symptoms arise.
This has been done by analysing the proteins present in urine. Different diseases produce a different fingerprint of changes in the cells of the body with their associated protein patterns.
This technique is a big improvement on cholesterol testing which can only indicate risk factors and does not actually show whether the patient has disease or not.
It also made possible an experiment to see whether olive oil is as good for the heart as is often claimed.
70 volunteers took 2 dessert spoons (20ml) of uncooked olive oil for six weeks. Half took extra virgin oil and half used regular . The results showed that both types of oil reduced the proteins in the urine of all the volunteers, taking them to a safe level.
The good news is that any kind of olive oil of any sort reduced the markers of heart disease to a completely healthy score in just 6 weeks.
The best advice is to use raw olive oil instead of fats like butter etc, as it is quite high in calories.
The doctors use a cutting-edge technique to discover whether olive oil is good for us.
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@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
24 Jan 16
This is disputed by some saying butter is better for you than olive oil. 100gms of Olive oil contains 884 calories compared to butter which has 717 calories. I think everything in moderation is the key.
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@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
24 Jan 16
I think it is not the calorific content that does the trick. The same show said that butter is quite good for cooking with too @garymarsh
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@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
24 Jan 16
@Auntylou yes with a drop of olive oil added otherwise the butter burns!
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@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Jan 16
I'm not consistent. I eat fairly healthy much of the time, but sometimes I want a big fatty steak, or a giant bowl of ice cream. Today I ate a tiny breakfast and was Jonesing for a Big Mac. So my kid client and I went and scarfed at McDonalds. Then we went bowling.
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@RonElFran (1214)
• Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
24 Jan 16
Interesting news. I'm not a cook, so I don't know if olive oil can substitute for butter in most cooking. But seems like it's worth a try.
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
1 Feb 16
I eat a lot of olives which is good news for me
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
1 Feb 16
@Auntylou I tend to eat them for taste rather than health
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
4 Feb 16
That is good news, I heard good news yesterday about Parkinson's disease. I look forward to medical miracles the older I get. I think moderation is important in all as pics of life.
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@softbabe44 (5816)
• Vancouver, Washington
25 Jan 16
that's some good news I do use raw olive oil or butter didn't know that about butter I do now.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
4 Feb 16
I may have to take some time to read up on this show that you watch to see for myself how valid the findings really are. We have a show in the US that many watch, but I question the validity of it now after watching several episodes.
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@DeborahDiane (40316)
• Laguna Woods, California
4 Feb 16
I will try to add more olive oil to my diet. It seems like a good way to reduce my heart attack risk.
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