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Daily glass of olive oil: Path to longevity or obesity?

Posted: Feb 26th 2008 4:37PM by Mary Kearl
Filed under: Food and Nutrition, Diet and Weight Loss

Like most diet, fitness and health news fans, I love a good scary nutrition piece or an unusual health tip. But when I read about the woman who claims to be 120 years old (which would make the her the oldest living person) and reportedly drinks a glass of olive oil a day, I did a double take. Yes, the blogger actually said this woman may have already consumed 2,737 gallons of olive oil! Crazy, right?

Well, that's not the craziest part. While doing some research for a follow-up article I wrote about whether olive oil can really help slow aging, I found out drinking a glass of olive oil a day would mean consuming 1900 calories and 200 grams of fat a day -- and that's not counting any actual food you'd naturally want to eat in addition to olive oil. So basically anyone who actually drinks a glass of olive oil a day, without a side order of a super-intense fitness routine, would probably start to see weight gain. And if you didn't cut back to smaller tumbler's full, you could head for obesity, and then scary obesity-related diseases.

That's not to say olive oil consumption in moderation can't be beneficial for your heart. I for one, however, am going to stick to my few tablespoons of olive oil a day.

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