1 Penelope questioned Oddyseus about the olive tree to confirm his identity, when he returned after twenty years, in the Oddysey.
2 Silva et al. “Olive, soybean, palm oil have similar acute detrimental effect on endothelial function in healthy young subjects” Nutr Metab Cardiovasc dis 2007;17:50.
3 “Postprandial effects of components of Mediterranean diet on endothelial function.” Robert Vogel et al. J am coll cardiology, vol 36, no 5, 2000. Olive oil caused reduced dilation of brachial artery, indicating decreased function of endothelical cells, and decreased nitric oxide production.
4 Angina pectoris induced by fat ingestion in pt’s with coronary artery disease.” Peter Kuo MD, JAMA 1955 July. Great paper. Chest pain occurred at peak lipemia at about 5 hours. Peak lipemia was at about 4-6 hours!! Therefore after a high fat meal, a person has high blood lipids from at about 2-8 hours.
5 Takahash et al. “High MUFA diet induced obesity & diabetes in mice” Metabolism 1998, Jun; 47 (6): 724.
6 Wilson et al. “Dietary MUFA’s promote atherosclerosis in mice” Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 1998; 18; 1818.
7 Blankenhorn et al. “Influence of diet on the appearance of new lesions in human coronary arteries” Jama, 1990; 263(12):1646. Atherosclerotic plaques progressed just as much eating a diet high in MUFA’s as a diet high in sat fat.
8 Rudel et al. “Compared with dietary MUFA & sat fat, PUFA protects African green monkeys from coronary artherosclerosis” Arterioscl thromb vasc biol. 1995;15:2101.
9 “Effects of dietary fat on postproandial activation of blood coagulation factor 7” Arterioscler thromb vasc biol, 1997, Nov; 17 (11) 2904. Larsen et al
10 Esselstyn et al.” A way to reverse CAD? J Fam Practice. 2014;63:356-364.
11 “Prevent and reverse heart disease” book by Caldwell Esselstyn MD.
12 “Dietary PUFAS and composition of human aortic plaques.” Lancet, 1994, Oct 29, 344 (8931): 1195.
13 “Dietary fat intake and early age related lens opacities” Am j clin jutr. 2005, Apr; 81 (4):773. Gail Rogers et al. Increased dietary inatke of C18 PUFA’s linoleic acid and linolenic acid was associated with increased risk of cataracts.
14 Griffini, P. “Dietary omega 3 PUFA’s promote colon carcinoma metastases in rat liver.” Cancer res, 1998, Aug 1; 58 (15) 3312
15 “Advanced nutrition and Human metabolism” book by Sareen Gropper p. 129.
16 Douglas Kell. “Iron behaving badly.” 2009. Great paper! Douglas Kell is a from England and he is the most entertaining speaker on the topic of iron metabolism. He claims that excess, unliganded-free iron can cause an autocatalytic chain reaction of reactive oxygen species via Fenton and Haber Weiss reactions leading to cellular death from lipid peroxidation (cell membrane damage) and DNA damage. He also claims that excess free iron can “reawaken” dormant bacteria. This paper has an interesting diagram of iron metabolism.
17 “Fat, fibre, and cancer risk in African Americans, and rural Africans” Nat commun, Apr 2015, 6:6342.