STUDY FINDS SURPRISING CORRELATION –

A Harvard study of 90,000 healthcare professionals looked at the potential relationship between olive oil consumption and mortality. It concluded that higher olive oil intake is associated with a lower risk of death from dementia. Consuming about a half a tablespoon of olive oil every day was tied to ”an adjusted 28% lower risk of dementia – related death.” Although the researchers expected that this improvement might be due to the vascular benefits of olive oil, they found that “incident cardiovascular disease, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, and diabetes were not significant mediators of the relationship between olive oil and dementia-related death in this study.” And interestingly, although people who use olive oil for cooking typically have an overall healthier diet, the study noted that the association between olive oil and mortality existed – regardless of this factor.