Micronutrients & recovery
Olive oil polyphenols do NOT currently have sufficient evidence to support a health claim for maintaining normal blood HDL-cholesterol concentrations, despite some studies showing increased HDL levels.
Don't rely on olive oil to boost your HDL cholesterol as a primary heart health strategy. While some studies show HDL levels go up, regulators say this isn't a proven cause-and-effect benefit. Focus instead on the proven benefit: protecting your blood lipids from oxidation by using high-polyphenol olive oil as part of a healthy diet.
However, the beneficial effects of OOPCs in relation to the maintenance of normal blood HDL-cholesterol concentrations have been recently evaluated by the EFSA, which concluded that the provided evidence was insufficient to establish a cause-and-effect relationship
Why this rating
Based on EFSA evaluation of multiple studies.
Source
Health effects of olive oil polyphenols: Recent advances and possibilities for the use of health claims
Sandra Martín‐Peláez et al. · Molecular Nutrition & Food Research · 2013
DOI 10.1002/mnfr.201200421
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