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To: Carolyn who wrote (1188)	10/8/2006 4:57:52 PM
From: sandintoes	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1925

I noticed that. What is so special about olive oil? They're putting it in everything these days.

To: Carolyn who wrote (1188)	10/12/2006 9:43:03 PM
From: sandintoes	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1925

From: sandintoes Respond to of 1272 NOW what do we do, and who do we believe??? 1. Walnuts After Meal Fight Artery-Clogging Fats Eating walnuts at the end of a meal may help cut the damage that fatty food can do to the arteries, research suggests. The study, which appears in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, also showed walnuts had more health benefits than olive oil. The researchers recruited 24 adults, half with normal cholesterol levels, and half with levels that were moderately high. The research was partly funded by the California Walnut Commission. Each participant was given two high-fat salami and cheese meals, eaten one week apart. Walnuts helped reduce the sudden onset of harmful inflammation and oxidation in arteries that follows a meal high in saturated fat. Unlike olive oil, adding walnuts also helped preserve the elasticity and flexibility of the arteries, regardless of cholesterol level. Walnuts contain arginine, an amino acid used by the body to produce nitric oxide. The nuts also contain antioxidants and alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), a plant-based omega-3 fatty acid with health giving properties. One of the study's authors warned against people assuming they can eat what they like so long as they accompany it with walnuts. "Instead, they should consider making walnuts part of a healthy diet that limits saturated fats." Professor Robert Vogel, of University of Maryland in Baltimore, said: "This demonstrates that the protective fat from walnuts actually undoes some of the detrimental effects of a high-saturated-fat diet, whereas a neutral fat, such as olive oil, does not have as much protective ability. "This raises a very interesting issue because many people who eat a Mediterranean diet believe the olive oil is providing the benefits. But this research and other data indicate that's not true.”