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When people with high cholesterol eat a smaller amount of olive oil that’s richer in natural plant compounds, their blood pressure drops more and their blood vessels work better than when they eat a larger amount of oil with fewer plant compounds—even if the total amount of plant compounds is the same.

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Even when people ate the same total amount of healthy compounds, the olive oil with more of those compounds in a smaller amount worked better at lowering blood pressure and improving blood flow than a larger amount of olive oil with fewer compounds.

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