Olive Oil May Prevent Stroke in Older People

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Older people who use olive oil for cooking, in salad dressing or with bread may be doing much to protect themselves against stroke.

French researchers found older people whose diet included a lot of olive oil had a 41% lower risk of stroke compared to those who had never consumed it.

Dr Cécilia Samieri, from the National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) in Bordeaux, France says their findings may well prompt a change in the dietary recommendations for preventing strokes in people aged 65 and over:

“Stroke is so common in older people and olive oil would be an inexpensive and easy way to help prevent it,” she added.

Researchers categorized the participants according to their dietary olive oil consumption into “no use”, “moderate use” and “intensive use”. A moderate user was someone who used olive oil either with cooking or as salad dressing or with bread. An intensive user was someone who used olive oil for both cooking or as a dressing or with bread.

After just over 5 years of follow up, they found an overall lower incidence for stroke with higher use of olive oil.

Intensive users of olive oil had a 41% lower risk of stroke compared to never users.

“These results suggest a protective role for high olive oil consumption on the risk of stroke in older subjects,” concluded Dr. Samieri

Read the full study here at Neurology – The Official Journal of the American Academy of Neurology

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