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What olive oil is · oil pressed from fruit

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Olive oil's benefit for blood lipids comes mainly from one move: when it replaces saturated fats such as butter and lard, the liver regains its ability to pull (low-density lipoprotein, the bad cholesterol on a lab report) back out of the blood, and blood LDL falls. The chapter on swapping it in rather than adding it walks through that chain step by step.

Which oil should I cook with is probably the most frequent health question in the kitchen. Among common cooking oils, olive oil, especially extra-virgin, is one of the most studied in people.

It is pressed from the flesh of the olive, while seed oils (Seed Oils / Linoleic Acid) such as soybean and corn oil are mostly extracted from seeds and then refined. A different process does not mean a different effect on the heart: what decides the effect is the oil's fatty-acid makeup, and what it replaces.

An unlabeled bottle of golden-green oil beside a short twig bearing green and purple-black olives with two narrow leaves. — A CLOSER LOOK
Oil comes from fruit; its use still matters
Fruit and bottle explain the source relationship. Oil color cannot establish grade, polyphenols, amount or health effect.

Educational content, not medical advice — consult a clinician.

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