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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...

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Special compounds in high-phenolic olive oil turn on a cellular defense system that protects a key antioxidant enzyme attached to good cholesterol. This enzyme then cleans up harmful fats in the blood, reversing a defect caused by heart attack damage.

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Special compounds in high-phenolic olive oil enter the bloodstream and turn on a cellular switch that boosts the body's natural antioxidant defenses. This switch increases the production of a protective enzyme attached to good cholesterol, which then clears harmful fats from the blood and prevents further damage to blood vessels.

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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 phenolic 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 translocate into the nucleus

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

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The resulting reduction in systemic oxidative stress preserves the structure and function of paraoxonase-1 (PON-1) associated with high-density lipoprotein

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Restored PON-1 activity enhances the hydrolysis of lipid peroxides in low-density lipoprotein and high-density lipoprotein particles, reducing oxidative damage to circulating lipids

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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 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 paraoxonase-1 activity by 3.68 U/mL compared to baseline levels.

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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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