Olive Oil For HelpTo Lose Weight

Research from prestigious Beloit College in Wisconsin reports that consuming just one tablespoon daily of the right olive oil can help you shed a pound per week. That’s 52 pounds in a year!

Perhaps this is why, if you’ve ever visited Italy, you’ve seen for yourself that most Italians are so slim and trim compared with most Americans, even though Italians love their pasta, bread, wine, biscotti, and Nutella.

But how on earth can olive oil — a high calorie fat — help you lose weight?

New research shows that the right olive oil (as described below) helps you lose weight in four ways:

1. Converts into energy three times faster than other fats. Olive oil, a good fat, has been shown to convert itself into energy inside your body three times faster than other fats. So when you use olive oil to replace other fats in your diet—like butter, margarine, trans-fats, etc.—you burn off your fat intake more quickly and efficiently.

2. Boosts your metabolism by 60%. Olive oil stimulates your liver and gall bladder to produce more bile, which breaks down and burns up other fats as well.

Researchers have found that women who had olive oil at breakfast boosted their metabolism by 60% more than women who skipped the oil.

For best results, researchers in the study recommend taking a tablespoon in the morning on an empty stomach. (Of course, if you don’t like it “straight,” you can also drizzle olive oil on salads, fish, meats, whatever you like.)

3. Burns up your stored fat as fuel. Olive oil is rich in a natural compound called oleic acid, which helps you burn up your stubborn stored fat in two ways.

First, it helps your fat tissues to “shut the door” to incoming fat, that is, stop absorbing so much fat. Then it also helps your body’s fat cells secrete your stored fat into your bloodstream so it can be burned off.

4. Signals your brain that you’re full—and keeps you satisfied longer—so you eat less. Studies at universities in Germany and Vienna have also shown that olive oil’s unique properties trigger a sense of “satiety” and fullness more than other fats. This means you feel satisfied longer and don’t have to battle the munchies all day. You naturally feel content eating less, so losing weight becomes much easier for you.

In fact, olive oil is so potent in this regard that another recent study in the American Journal of Nutrition showed that merely inhaling the aroma of the right olive oil from the bottle—not even consuming any—can help you feel more full and satisfied.