Olive oil- prevents proper digestion?? Any truth in this?

[Guest guest]

I have a friend who believes that Olive Oil prevents absorption/digestion of

other nutrients

and food when a person has inflammation. I am only finding evidence that

CONTRADICTS

this statement. (Basic physiology and current research contradicts it.)

Has anyone experienced or read anything about Organic, cold-pressed olive oil

being

harmful or not-well-tolerated in people who have celiac disease or other small

intestinal

issues?

The only negative thing I can find with Olive Oil that might make some people

have a reaction

is the possible high phenol content. But I cant find anything else that shows

it to be ill-

tolerated.

Thank you so much!

-

scd since april 2007

[Guest guest]

I have not read anything that says what your friend

believes.

Fat is crucial for nutrient absorption. The article

also mentions that olive oil is very good for people

with inflammatory conditions. Olive oil even decreases

free radicals through your body, and diminishes

arterial plaque so you don't get heart disease.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSear\

ch=11472248&ordinalpos=8&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.\

Pubmed_RVDocSum

You may have to copy and paste that link, and it's a

little technical.

One of the things that olive oil can do is keep your

gallbladder running smoothly. A doctor told my

co-worker to go on a crazy and extreme low fat diet,

and he listened. The extreme low-fat diet ended up

messing up his gallbladder completely, causing gall

stones and eventually the complications were too much

and he had to have surgery.

So, I guess I wouldn't be surprised if some

well-meaning doctor told her that fat is evil.

As far as the phenolic content, the phenols are what

make olive oil anti-inflammatory.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4469370.stm

B.

ASD son, RA self, SCD Nov. 2007

http://scdgirl.blogspot.com

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--- wrote:

> I have a friend who believes that Olive Oil prevents

> absorption/digestion of other nutrients

> and food when a person has inflammation. I am only

> finding evidence that CONTRADICTS

> this statement. (Basic physiology and current

> research contradicts it.)

>

> Has anyone experienced or read anything about

> Organic, cold-pressed olive oil being

> harmful or not-well-tolerated in people who have

> celiac disease or other small intestinal

> issues?

>

> The only negative thing I can find with Olive Oil

> that might make some people have a reaction

> is the possible high phenol content. But I cant

> find anything else that shows it to be ill-

> tolerated.

>

> Thank you so much!

>

> -

> scd since april 2007

>

>

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