Popeye eats lots of spinach to be strong,but his girlfriend,Olive Oyl,should live longer than he,so long as she eats lots of her namesake,olive oil. It's official. Pour some more on your salad. Olive oil is almost certainly good for you,according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration(FDA).
For only the third time ever,the FDA has given the okay for a food to be labeled healthful. Producers may now write on the bottle:“Limited and non-conclusive scientific evidence suggests that eating two tablespoons of olive oil each day may reduce the risk of coronary heart disease.”
Scientists have long thought olive oil may be the reason why heart disease is so rare in Mediterranean areas. In some parts of Greece,the average person consumes over three liters per month of the golden oil,once thought to come from the gods.
The secret to olive oil's magic is a fat called oleic acid. It helps the body move cholesterol through the smallest of blood vessels between cells. Although necessary for our body,cholesterol is the bad guy of heart disease,a tiny Bluto Blotto that clogs arteries. Eating olive oil actually helps reverse this process. So the next time you eat a hamburger,try some olive oil on top. Yum!
大力水手吃許多菠菜才變強壯,但是他的女朋友奧麗薇應該會活得比他長久,只要她吃許多跟她的名字由來有關的橄欖油(與她的名字同音)。這已經得到官方承認,美國食品藥物管理局(FDA)表示,橄欖油已經幾乎確定對健康有益,所以在沙拉上多淋一點吧。
這是史上僅見的第三例,美國FDA準許一種食物標示“有益健康”。廠商現在可以在瓶子上標示:“有限及尚未完全證實的科學證據表明,每天吃兩大湯匙橄欖油可以降低冠心病的發(fā)生幾率?!?/p>
科學家長久以來都認為,橄欖油或許就是心臟疾病在地中海地區(qū)如此少見的原因。在希臘某些地區(qū),每人每月平均消耗的橄欖油超過3升,這種油一度被認為是天神的禮物。
橄欖油魔力的秘密在于一種稱為油酸的脂肪。它能通過細胞與細胞間最微小的血管幫助身體送還膽固醇。雖然膽固醇為身體所必需,但它是心臟病的元兇,是堵塞動脈的微小“布魯托”。吃橄欖油真的可以幫助逆轉這個過程。所以下次吃漢堡時,不妨淋上點橄欖油。嗯,好吃喲!