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!
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09-08-2009, 10:23 AM #1
Olive Oil; very powerful testosterone booster, it also makes your testicles bigger.
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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.
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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.It's time for a Breakthrough.
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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!
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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
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