Using olive oil helps prevent stroke

July 27th, 2011

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As shown by recent studies of the Academy of Neurological Diseases (USA), eating olive oil preventable stroke   in the elderly.

Doctors sent all their knowledge on what to develop dietary recommendations for the prevention of stroke in men and women who have reached 65 years of age. Stroke   It is very common in people in old age, and olive butter - A simple and relatively inexpensive way to prevent it, or at least minimize the risk.

The researchers studied the medical records of more than 7000 patients aged over 65 years living in 3 French cities - Dijon, Bordeaux and Montpellier. The subjects never experienced any symptoms of a stroke. People have been grouped into several categories: "low consumption", "moderate use" who used olive oil in food preparation, and "intensive use", which made the most of his food.

The subjects consumed olive oil, cold pressed essentially as in France, it is 98% of the total quantity produced. The results showed that the more of such oils used in foods, the smaller the percentage of strokes for the next five years of life of the study participants.