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- Title
The Effect of High Polyphenol Extra Virgin Olive Oil on Blood Pressure and Arterial Stiffness in Healthy Australian Adults: A Randomized, Controlled, Cross-Over Study.
- Authors
Sarapis, Katerina; Thomas, Colleen J.; Hoskin, Johanna; George, Elena S.; Marx, Wolfgang; Mayr, Hannah L.; Kennedy, Greg; Pipingas, Andrew; Willcox, Jane C.; Prendergast, Luke A.; Itsiopoulos, Catherine; Moschonis, George
- Abstract
Extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) is suggested to be cardioprotective, partly due to its high phenolic content. We investigated the effect of extra virgin high polyphenol olive oil (HPOO) versus low polyphenol olive oil (LPOO) on blood pressure (BP) and arterial stiffness in healthy Australian adults. In a double-blind, randomized, controlled cross-over trial, 50 participants (age 38.5 ± 13.9 years, 66% female) were randomized to consume 60 mL/day of either HPOO (360 mg/kg polyphenols) or LPOO (86 mg/kg polyphenols) for three weeks. Following a two-week washout period, participants crossed over to consume the alternate oil. Anthropometric data, peripheral BP, central BP and arterial stiffness were measured at baseline and follow up. No significant differences were observed in the changes from baseline to follow up between the two treatments. However, a significant decrease in peripheral and central systolic BP (SBP) by 2.5 mmHg (95% CI: −4.7 to −0.3) and 2.7 mmHg (95% CI: −4.7 to −0.6), respectively, was observed after HPOO consumption. Neither olive oil changed diastolic BP (DBP) or measures of arterial stiffness. The reductions in SBP after HPOO consumption provide evidence for a potentially widely accessible dietary intervention to prevent cardiovascular disease in a multiethnic population. Longer intervention studies and/or higher doses of EVOO polyphenols are warranted to elucidate the potential effect on DBP and arterial stiffness.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR disease prevention; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTERIAL diseases; BLOOD pressure; BLOOD pressure measurement; CONFIDENCE intervals; CROSSOVER trials; HEALTH status indicators; INGESTION; LONGITUDINAL method; OLIVE oil; POLYPHENOLS; STATISTICAL sampling; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; BLIND experiment; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Nutrients, 2020, Vol 12, Issue 8, p2272
- ISSN
2072-6643
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/nu12082272