Scientific evidence of the benefits of virgin olive oil for human health

We have scientific data providing level of evidence that virgin olive oil (VOO) can promote additional benefits to those of provided by other vegetable oils on risk factors for cardiovascular disease such as lipids and lipid oxidation, inflammation, endothelial dysfunction and systolic blood pressure. At present, the known mechanisms by which VOO can exert these beneficial effects in humans arethe increase in the antioxidant content of LDL, and a nutrigenomic effect, modulating towards a protective mode the expression of atherosclerosis-related genes.