Extra Virgin Olive Oil Reduces Weight

Name: Extra Virgin Olive Oil Reduces Weight
Uploaded: 2024-08-26T16:00:25+00:00
Duration: 42 s
Channel: Dr. Charles Mok
Description: Dr. Charles Mok explains a randomized controlled trial where postmenopausal women on a calorie-restricted diet lost roughly 80% more weight over 5-6…

26 Aug 2024 · 1 min

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Dr. Charles Mok explains a randomized controlled trial where postmenopausal women on a calorie-restricted diet lost roughly 80% more weight over 5-6 months when they added 1.5 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil daily compared to other plant oils or no added oil.

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About 1.5 tablespoons per day.

About 500 kcal/day energy deficit.

Primarily postmenopausal women, approximately in their 50s.

About 80% greater weight loss over five to six months compared with other plant oils or no added oil.

Randomized, controlled trials.

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So there's been a few studies on this. They're randomized, controlled studies. These are what we consider the gold standard in healthcare. They show that extra virgin olive oil taken in about a tablespoon and a half a day helps reduce weight when compared to any other type of oil in the diet. There's a study where they had women that were postmenopausal and they were about 50s and they wanted to lose some weight and they put them on an energy restricted diet of reduced calories by 500 a day, a little bit of exercise. In group one, they gave them a tablespoon and a half of olive oil hidden inside of a little breakfast drink. In the other group, they gave them a different type of plant oil hidden inside of a breakfast drink. And then they had somebody that didn't take any of the oils. And the women who drank the olive oil in addition to their regular dieting, they lost 80% more weight in this five or six months.