2023-09-24 11:26:37
02:24 PM Sunday 24 September 2023
Written by: Yasmine Al-Sawy:
Some people rely mainly on olive oil as a source of healthy fats, but can it raise cholesterol?
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In the following lines, Al-Consulto reviews everything you need to know regarding the effect of olive oil on cholesterol, according to the “Health” website.
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Olive oil and cholesterol
Olive oil can be beneficial and effective for cholesterol, especially if it replaces other sources of unhealthy fats.
Using olive oil instead of products that contain a high percentage of saturated fats, such as butter and ghee, contributes to improving cholesterol levels.
However, not all types of olive oil reduce bad cholesterol and raise good cholesterol equally.
If you want to get the most benefit, you should look for extra virgin olive oil, which has undergone the least amount of processing and therefore contains the highest levels of nutritional compounds.
Knowing that there are two types of cholesterol: low-density lipoprotein (LDL), or bad cholesterol, and high-density lipoprotein (HDL), or good cholesterol.
Too much bad LDL cholesterol can increase your risk of heart disease and heart attack, while good HDL cholesterol helps lower bad cholesterol in the body.
As for how olive oil is related to cholesterol, olive oil contains a high percentage of antioxidants, and it also contains polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats, which are types of healthy fats that are beneficial to the heart.
These fats have been shown to improve cholesterol levels, and also reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.
Every healthy diet should contain some polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats. The types of fats to avoid are saturated fats and trans fats.
Trans fats are found in packaged foods and other products containing partially hydrogenated vegetable oils, and saturated fats are found in red meat and whole milk.
Eating too much saturated fat can increase levels of bad LDL cholesterol.
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