Could Olive oil, a staple of the heart-healthy Mediterranean diet, actually be making your cholesterol worse? In this video, we dive into the "Recipe for Heart Health" study, a randomized crossover trial that pitted a high-EVOO vegan diet against a low-EVOO vegan diet. The results may not be what you think…

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro
02:47 - Methods
06:16 - Results
09:13 - Discussion/Nuance
12:38 - Takeaways
13:55 - Outro

References:

Krenek, A. M., Mathews, A., Guo, J., Courville, A. B., Pepine, C. J., Chung, S. T., & Aggarwal, M. (2024). Recipe for Heart Health: A Randomized Crossover Trial on Cardiometabolic Effects of Extra Virgin Olive Oil Within a Whole‐Food Plant‐Based Vegan Diet. Journal of the American Heart Association, 13(15), e035034. https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.124.035034