| Cardiovascular Disease |
The consumption of olive oil contributes in the decrease or elimination of the appearance coronary disease and other cardiovascular diseases. It has been proved that the appearance of such diseases is relevant to hyperlipidemia, high blood pressure and smoking. The increased cholesterol of blood plays important role to the appearance of coronary disease. Consequently, the nutrition is vital to the prevention of such diseases.
The nutrition of West and North Europeans consists mainly of saturated fat, which leads to increased levels of cholesterol of low density. On the other hand, those who follow the Mediterranean nutrition and thus they consume a great quantity of olive oil, their low density cholesterol is in lower levels, while the high density cholesterol (the good cholesterol) is higher.
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