Dr. Esselstyn: “Mediterranean Diet (and Olive Oil) creates Heart Disease!”

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References [Copy & Paste DOI into Search Engine]
[1] doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(99)03374-7
[2] doi:10.1016/s0735-1097(00)00896-2
[3] doi:10.1055/s-0032-1323829
[4] doi:10.1186/1476-7120-10-39
[5] doi:10.3390/nu7095356
[6] doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1800389

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[Lophophorawilliamsii]

I am Spanish and olive oil is part of our culture. Spain has one of the highest longevity rates in the world. Here olive oil can never be missing from the table. If you want to stop using olive oil, forget it, but in Spain we will continue to use it. Paquita, my 106-year-old neighbor, sends her regards to Dr. Esselstyn but says that she will continue to use olive oil every day as she has always done since she was a child.

[jassy]

Yes, a couple of scientists respectfully discussing research we are lucky enough to get to see in our lifetime. This is what we need more of in the world. Thank you.

[arnoldm]

It's no surprise that someone like Dr. Esselstyn, who pushes an extreme diet, would think this way. He maintains his focus on data that fits his belief system, and wears blinders to data that don't. He has invested so much of his work in his diet that it has become such a major part of his identity, making almost any contrary data, to him, seem like a personal attack on his character or intelligence. His mindset is fixed.

[polymathematics]

My mom ate extra virgin olive oil everyday of her life and lived to over 102 years without any heart disease.

[josephmassaro]

I'm pretty sure I can find a doctor who has an axe to grind with just about anything we eat. If we got them all in the same room, nothing would be safe.

[karenwheeler]

So Greeks and Italians have been dropping like flies for generations I guess.

[jacko.]

That's not a "paper." It says very clearly at the top that it's an editorial.

[skylineuk]

Having followed nutritional science since the 1980’s I have come to one simple conclusion- everything in moderation, there is no silver bullet, no magic food just don’t be greedy, eat proper good food and don’t stress.

[ottomondo]

MDs aren’t necessarily scientists. Highly trained and obscenely paid technicians, for sure. Scientists? Rarely, and only if trained as a scientist, but completing med school is no guarantee.

[kraftwerk]

Mediterranean diet is great. My grandmother just died 104 in Barcelona totally autonomous eating a pure Mediterranean diet with lots of local olive oil and red wine.

[seanu]

That’s it I’m done, I’m not eating anymore

[ilooi]

The issue is olive oil became somewhat more affordable and is slowly replacing the industrial seed oils. If that is not reason enough for some Seed Oil companies to fight back, I don't know what is.

At least here, in Romania, because most workforce left in Italy and Spain, they all taught their relatives to switch to Olive Oil. People buy less and less sunflower oil. None in my family or close relatives use sunflower anymore. Unless for very traditional and apecific recipies.

[gregoryhatt]

Your channel and Gil's channel are like bullshit filters for me. Data-driven, analytical, and incredibly valuable. Thank you so much for your work, we appreciate it out here in bullshit land. To your health

[RenySouthCarolina]

I love being on the Mediterranean diet! Cardiovascular disease runs rampant in my family, so I will continue my daily small amounts of olive oil. Thank you for the clarification 🙏🏻

[baarbacoa]

I spent a little over 1 year on diet similar to what Dr Esselstyn favors. I'll just say that adhering to the diet long term is exceedingly difficult. It's much easier to stick to a med diet.

[willbrink]

I left a less than nice comment on that vid when it came out. His "paper" is an editorial and cherry picked nonsense. Dr. Esselstyn is a perfect example of a seemingly educated/qualified person who has an agenda and no clue, which confuses the hell out of people. I think Gil let him off the hook way too easily. Anyone telling people the Med Diet is toxic can safely be ignored. The data as to benefit of olive oil, Med Diet, etc is overwhelming.

[jeffkilgore]

Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn is an amazing human being. His medical findings were conducted for many, many decades and it led him to disavow his previous understanding of diet and nutrition. He’s an Olympic champion and is today, 90, and still works as a doctor. He and his diet saved one of my best friend’s lives.

[danielwong]

Olive oil is less inflammatory than many common seed oils, but it still has some inflammatory effects due to omega-6 to omega-3 imbalances. If other health factors like exercise, sleep, and stress management are in check, it’s generally well tolerated. However, in a typical modern lifestyle filled with sedentary habits, screen time, and fast food, olive oil alone is not going to produce any significant health outcomes

[dhanguru]

Our body is self demolishing, nothing can save it, we are here for limited time, use it wisely

[JohnA]

If doctor's and researchers can't come to a consensus how the hell are we supposed to.