Olive Oil; very powerful testosterone booster, it also makes your testicles bigger.

Imeniaan · 09-08-2009, 11:23 AM

Olive oil converts cholesterol more easily into testosterone

The more fat you eat, the more testosterone your body produces. More fat, more testosterone. The best source of testosterone boosting fat, Argentinean researchers concluded a year ago after a study on rats, is olive oil. The same researchers have now published the results of another animal study in Lipids,
which shows how olive oil increases the production of testosterone. Olive oil helps the testes to absorb more cholesterol.

The researchers, working at the Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquimicas de La Plata, did an experiment with male rats. For sixty days, the rats were given feed to which seventy grams of soya oil [S], olive oil [O], coconut oil [C] or grapeseed oil [G] per kilogram had been added. At the end of the period the researchers measured how much testosterone the animals were producing. The figure below shows that coconut oil and olive oil were the best testosterone boosters.

The testes of the rats that had had olive oil added to their feed were also heavier. Because the grapeseed oil diet produced the same results as the soya oil diet, we have left that column out of the table below.

The Argentineans described how this happens a year ago. Olive oil and coconut oil increase the activity of the 3beta-HSD and 17beta-HSD enzymes. These are involved in the manufacture of testosterone. Olive oil and coconut oil also raise the concentration of the body?s own antioxidants in the Leydig cells, which produce testosterone. In the present study, the researchers went a step further. They found a relationship between the diet, the amount of free cholesterol in the Leydig cells and the testosterone level.

The Leydig cells make testosterone from cholesterol. A diet that is rich in coconut oil or olive oil apparently helps the cells to absorb more cholesterol. The cells are also more able to extract the cholesterol from its ester. The more free cholesterol a Leydig cell has available, and the less estered cholesterol there is in a cell, the higher the rate of testosterone production.

So natural athletes could optimise their testosterone production by making olive oil their main form of fat. Another nutritional strategy that might help is to eat cranberries. Cranberries increase the uptake of cholesterol by the testes.

Source:
Lipids. 2009 Apr;44(4):345-57.

Wow, from now one, at least 100 ml of olive oil a day for me!

Surive123 · 09-08-2009, 12:14 PM

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Peter LeDrew · 09-08-2009, 12:30 PM

Olive Oil = big balls!

Imeniaan · 09-08-2009, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Surive123

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=112673051

So is it ok to use 50 ml/day of olive oil?

Peter LeDrew · 09-08-2009, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Imeniaan

So is it ok to use 50 ml/day of olive oil?

Ok in what way?

I would say if you desire good health, have your olive oil!!! Too many people get caught up in these little things when in the big picture, olive oil offers way too much to give up... the simple enjoyment and flavor to the proven health benefits. It's way more complicated than a study or two can show and I would bet on Olive oil providing more performance and long term benefits than it does any possible negative.

platinumike · 09-08-2009, 05:57 PM

why not mention coconut oil, it performed better than OO

Peter LeDrew · 09-08-2009, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by platinumike

why not mention coconut oil, it performed better than OO

Got 2 get me some of dat der cocoNUTS oil... hard to find in these parts.

BringnIt · 09-08-2009, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Peter LeDrew

Got 2 get me some of dat der cocoNUTS oil... hard to find in these parts.

Where are you from?

TaoistWarrior · 09-09-2009, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by platinumike

why not mention coconut oil, it performed better than OO

This.

Olive oil has it's uses, but coconut oil, IMO, is superior for high-temperature cooking. It's more stable at temperature and does not become rancid as easily as olive oil. And it's easier to take raw.

I'm on keto and I eat both EVOO and CO with hedonistic abandon. And my bawls are huge.

TaoistWarrior · 09-09-2009, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Peter LeDrew

Got 2 get me some of dat der cocoNUTS oil... hard to find in these parts.

You can order it online quite easily. Best to get a big tub of it and keep on hand for cooking and raw eating.

It makes a great butter substitute for toast, bagels, etc.

Thanat0s · 09-09-2009, 06:02 PM

I JUST started taking 4 Tbspns (4 servings) of Extra Virgin OO a day. I look forward to seeing benefits. I'm actually taking it due to healthy skin (I have Acne), but if it helps with Testosterone then sure, why not!

TaoistWarrior · 09-09-2009, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Thanat0s

I JUST started taking 4 Tbspns (4 servings) of Extra Virgin OO a day. I look forward to seeing benefits. I'm actually taking it due to healthy skin (I have Acne), but if it helps with Testosterone then sure, why not!

if the EVOO doesn't work for your skin, try the coconut. 2 TBS a day of coconut oil clears my skin right up after a couple days.

Thanat0s · 09-09-2009, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by TaoistWarrior

if the EVOO doesn't work for your skin, try the coconut. 2 TBS a day of coconut oil clears my skin right up after a couple days.

I actually have some Organic Virgin Coconut Oil in my Pantry. I'll start taking 1 Tbs a day and see how that goes. Nothing wrong with more healthy oil.

mark427 · 09-09-2009, 10:30 PM

I have been trying this for three weeks now with no luck at all. If anything they seem smaller. Maybe I am not using enough. How much am I supposed to be rubbing on each?

damnglass · 09-10-2009, 05:59 AM

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Originally Posted by mark427

I have been trying this for three weeks now with no luck at all. If anything they seem smaller. Maybe I am not using enough. How much am I supposed to be rubbing on each?

i hope your just trying to be funny as you are suposed to ingest it rather then rub it on your nuts.

Free Weight Friedel · 09-10-2009, 07:01 AM

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Originally Posted by mark427

I have been trying this for three weeks now with no luck at all. If anything they seem smaller. Maybe I am not using enough. How much am I supposed to be rubbing on each?

Put some on a tablespoon and let you sack soak in it for awhile

_NimbusTim_ · 09-10-2009, 07:22 AM

Hope this works for the weiner as well. I'm going to rub it down with EVOO for a week or two. Will post results.

Lector606 · 09-10-2009, 10:39 AM

I have a friend who is a successful competitor and he hardly changes his diet in the offseason except for adding 1 tbsp of olive oil with every meal (6-8 times per day haha). Granted he is not a heavyweight so this might not be enough calories for everyone but it's interesting nonetheless.

TaoistWarrior · 09-10-2009, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Lector606

I have a friend who is a successful competitor and he hardly changes his diet in the offseason except for adding 1 tbsp of olive oil with every meal (6-8 times per day haha). Granted he is not a heavyweight so this might not be enough calories for everyone but it's interesting nonetheless.

He maintains the same diet, except adds a TBS of EVOO/meal each day to bump the cals up?

Lector606 · 09-10-2009, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by TaoistWarrior

He maintains the same diet, except adds a TBS of EVOO/meal each day to bump the cals up?

yeah

he doesn't change protein intake at all

Patrick Arnold · 09-11-2009, 02:38 PM

god i fukkin love olives.

Patrick Arnold · 09-11-2009, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by platinumike

why not mention coconut oil, it performed better than OO

get your coconut oil here

http://www.youthaddict.com/Urban_Est...Oil_p/coco.htm

we package it so i can vouch for its quality. its high in MCTs which means it will be more preferentially burned for energy compared to other fats. plus stuff tastes absolutely delicious when you cook in it

Patrick Arnold · 09-11-2009, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by _NimbusTim_

Hope this works for the weiner as well. I'm going to rub it down with EVOO for a week or two. Will post results.

i would rather just rub my weiner inside an extra virgin.

Lucky_ROA · 09-11-2009, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Patrick Arnold

i would rather just rub my weiner inside an extra virgin.

LMAO Touche

duncanrussell · 09-11-2009, 06:09 PM

Does it make any difference what kind of olive oil? virgin, xtra virgin etc

Patrick Arnold · 09-12-2009, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by duncanrussell

Does it make any difference what kind of olive oil? virgin, xtra virgin etc

its probably the oleic acid that is the culprit in this effect and the content of that should not vary much between different grades of olive oyl

Robboe · 09-12-2009, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Patrick Arnold

get your coconut oil here

http://www.youthaddict.com/Urban_Est...Oil_p/coco.htm

we package it so i can vouch for its quality. its high in MCTs which means it will be more preferentially burned for energy compared to other fats. plus stuff tastes absolutely delicious when you cook in it

I thought you had sold your plant?

Patrick Arnold · 09-12-2009, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Robboe

I thought you had sold your plant?

we have packaging capabilities (albeit smaller scale) at another location

aliquis · 09-12-2009, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Patrick Arnold

i would rather just rub my weiner inside an extra virgin.

That for sure would increase the volume of said weiner.

Kinda proffs, though I still think we should start a study on the subject. Preferably not double-blind though... I don't wanna end up with the placebo :/

aliquis · 09-12-2009, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Patrick Arnold

its probably the oleic acid that is the culprit in this effect and the content of that should not vary much between different grades of olive oyl

I'm too lazy to check, does coconuts really have a high oleic content? Or may it rather be the lower amount of omega6s or something?