Is There More to Olive Oil than Healthy Lipids?
Isaakidis A, Maghariki JE, Carvalho-Barros S, Gomes AM, Correia M
Nutrients · 23 citations
How it was studied
- Design
- Systematic review (classified by our AI screen)
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- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
- Intake measured by
- Not stated
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Independent funding
- Government
- HORIZON EUROPE Framework Programme
- Government
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
- Government
- European Regional Development Fund
- Government
- Norte Portugal Regional Operational Programme (NORTE 2020) - European Regional Development Fund (FEDER)
- Unclassified
- scientific collaboration
- Unclassified
- HSoil4Food—Healthy soils for healthy foods
- Government
- Norte Portugal Regional Operational Programme
- Grants
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (UIDB/50016/2020); Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (01-0145); Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (PORTUGAL 2020); Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (NORTE2020); Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (NORTE-45-2020-75); European Regional Development Fund (PORTUGAL2020); Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (project UIDB/50016/2020); Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT project UIDB/50016/2020); Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (UIDB/50016); Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (NORTE-01-0145); Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000066); European Regional Development Fund (NORTE-2020)
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Publication
- Published
- 2023-08-18 · Nutrients · vol. 15 · issue 16 · p. 3625
- Publisher
- Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
- Cited
- 38 citations · more than 95% of similar papers · 4.1× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 121 works
- Access
- Open access (journal) · CC-BY
- Research areas
- Edible Oils Quality and Analysis · Nutritional Studies and Diet · Fatty Acid Research and Health
- Keywords
- Hydroxytyrosol, Oleuropein, Mediterranean diet, Oleic acid, Food science, Olive oil, Polyphenol, Medicine, Cardiovascular health, Biotechnology, Traditional medicine, Biology, Antioxidant, Botany, Biochemistry, Disease, Internal medicine
- MeSH
- humans, fatty acids, monounsaturated, antioxidants, diet, mediterranean, databases, factual, olive oil, gastrointestinal microbiome
5 authors
From GR, PT
- Akritas IsaakidisInternational Hellenic University; Universidade Católica Portuguesa; Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina
- Jane El MagharikiUniversidade Católica Portuguesa; Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina
- Sérgio Carvalho-BarrosUniversidade Católica Portuguesa; Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina
- Ana Gomes · correspondingUniversidade Católica Portuguesa; Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina
- Marta CorreiaUniversidade Católica Portuguesa; Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina
Abstract
The Mediterranean diet is a healthy dietary pattern whose main characteristic is olive oil consumption. The potential health benefits of olive oil have been extensively investigated and the present review provides the more recent clinical evidence supporting the positive impact of olive oil intake on human health. PubMed (n = 227) and Scopus (n = 308) databases were searched for published clinical studies in English over the past six years (October 2016 to December 2022), following key word searches of "olive oil" and "health". Major findings associated olive oil with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects, improvement in endothelial function and lipid profile, prevention of obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases, and modulation of the gut microbiota. These benefits are attributed to the nutritional composition of olive oil, which has a high content of monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) (oleic acid in particular) and minor compounds such as polyphenols (oleuropein and hydroxytyrosol). Although additional research continues to be required, the more recently generated evidence supports the potential of olive oil to contribute beneficially to health and to the prevention and management of a variety of non-communicable diseases, as a consequence of the synergism between its components' complexity.
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