Extra virgin olive oil prevented build-up of toxic proteins in brains of mice

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“Extra-virgin olive oil for potential prevention of Alzheimer disease” may be paywalled, but members of the same team also wrote

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0035378719307738

and since that article is not paywalled, one can at least view

Disclosure of interest
The authors declare that they have no competing interest.
Acknowledgments
Dr. Román’s research is funded by the Wareing Family Fund and the Scurlock Foundation, Houston, Texas, USA.

I don’t think those foundations have a direct connection with the olive oil industry-- unless my estimation of Texas climate is misguided. They appear to be rich christians-- take from that what you will.

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If one accepts that anti-inflammatory diet has [human or mammalian] brain health benefits…

… then it is reasonable to consider consumption of EVOO as a potential benefit:

Time to plug my favorite book again:

I love this book.
And I love olive oil. We eat a lot of it. The cloudier the better, and organic if at all possible.

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Correlation not causation is shown.

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Same…but I don’t smoke.

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Wait one second here. Didn’t you…?

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… and the greener, the better. :yum:

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Yes, I would like to see some population studies of Alzheimer incidence in regions with heavy olive oil consumption (say Greece) vs those without (say India).

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“BSS” lyrics (not on the titled BSS album):

Brain Salad Surgery
It will work for you, it works for me
Brain rat perversity
Brain Salad Surgery

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Or, as the case may, the accumulation of tau proteins that are a side-effect of AD. Tau proteins per se are not toxic.

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Ok, whether it helps with alzheimers or not is still an open question, but it does seem to be good for you anyway.

But now I’m wondering, is that also true when you cook with it? Or only when you like, dip bread in it or eat it on salads?

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Gin, cigars…And sex, I believe! LOL

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So then that cigar wasn’t just a cigar?

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image http://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/01/2004805425-3-8.gif

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For each living thing to live, another living thing must die, meal after meal.

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I for one don’t feel too bad about killing olives.

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It never is.:smile:

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I hear you. I’m not in favor of soiling the Earth just for our benefit. We must remain ethical. Are transgenic mice, i.e. mice destined for physiological deformity ethical or unethical? I could be convinced they are either. What about transgenic cockroaches? Now I don’t know where the line is.

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claims that EVOO has a lower smoke point than other oils-- including other grades of olive oil.

But the exact numbers are disputed.

https://www.oliveoilsource.com/article/smoke-point-olive-oil

There’s a reason people go through the hassle of clarifying butter. I’ve tried… and failed. Maybe a “candy” thermometer would help.

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Great Album

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As you shouldn’t.

My point remains the same as yours: “We pay for everything at some point” is homologous with “For one thing to live another must die.”