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In elderly individuals with a prior heart attack, daily consumption of 25 mL of high-phenolic extra virgin olive oil for 26 weeks increases serum antioxidant capacity by 67.7 μM Fe²⁺ and...

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Compounds in the olive oil turn on a cellular switch that makes more antioxidant proteins. These proteins clean up harmful molecules in the blood and keep an important protective enzyme working properly, leading to stronger overall antioxidant defense.

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Special compounds in olive oil enter the bloodstream and turn on a cellular switch that makes more antioxidant proteins. These proteins neutralize harmful molecules in the blood and protect an enzyme that prevents fat damage in cholesterol particles, leading to stronger overall antioxidant defense.

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Hydroxytyrosol and tyrosol are absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract after ingestion of high-phenolic extra virgin olive oil

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These compounds activate the PI3K/Akt and ERK1/2 signaling pathways in vascular and immune cells

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Activation of these pathways prevents the degradation of the transcription factor Nrf2, allowing it to accumulate and move into the cell nucleus

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Nrf2 binds to antioxidant response elements in DNA, increasing the production of antioxidant enzymes including heme oxygenase-1, superoxide dismutase-1, and catalase

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The increased levels of antioxidant enzymes enhance the plasma's ability to reduce oxidizing agents, raising ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP)

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Reduced oxidative stress preserves the structure and function of paraoxonase-1 (PON-1), an enzyme associated with HDL that breaks down oxidized lipids

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Preserved PON-1 activity increases its capacity to hydrolyze lipid peroxides in low-density and high-density lipoproteins

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High-Tyrosol/Hydroxytyrosol Extra Virgin Olive Oil Enhances Antioxidant Activity in Elderly Post-Myocardial Infarction Patients

Randomized Controlled Trial
Human
2025 Jul 16

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Source Study

High-Tyrosol/Hydroxytyrosol Extra Virgin Olive Oil Enhances Antioxidant Activity in Elderly Post-Myocardial Infarction Patients

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DOI: 10.3390/antiox14070867

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In elderly people, high-phenolic extra virgin olive oil increases FRAP and PON-1 antioxidant activity only in those who have had a heart attack, not in those who have not, when both groups consume the same amount and have similar baseline health.

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In older adults who previously had a heart attack, drinking high-phenolic extra virgin olive oil for 26 weeks does not change plasma malondialdehyde levels, lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase activity, or fasting polyphenol concentrations, but it does increase FRAP and PON-1 activity.

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Elderly people who have had a heart attack have lower levels of a specific antioxidant enzyme in their blood compared to healthy elderly people, and consuming high-phenolic extra virgin olive oil for 26 weeks increases this enzyme level partially.

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Consuming 25 grams of phenol-rich extra virgin olive oil lowers levels of oxidized LDL and malondialdehyde in healthy adults within two hours, which reflects a reduction in lipid peroxidation and a decrease in oxidative damage to arterial walls.

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Drinking 25 mL of high-phenolic extra virgin olive oil daily delivers 8 mg of tyrosol and hydroxytyrosol, more than the 5 mg/day recommended for antioxidant benefits, but blood levels of these compounds do not increase after fasting.

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