Future Health Frontiers Q&A Senior Health Elderly Nutrition

Can elderly people eat olive oil to prevent osteoporosis?

Asked by:Beckett

Asked on:Apr 09, 2026 02:36 AM

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  • Gaby Gaby

    Apr 09, 2026

      Many people know that olive oil is good for cardiovascular health healthy . A Spanish study found that as long as you insist on consuming olive oil for two years, the bones of the elderly can be effectively protected and even strengthened.

      The study selected 127 Spanish people aged between 55 and 80 years old. male . The researchers randomly divided these male volunteers into three groups, adopting different diet plans: Mediterranean diet, Mediterranean diet with at least 50 ml (about one tael) of extra virgin olive oil per day, and ordinary low-fat diet. Participants on the second diet were asked to use olive oil for cooking or as a salad dressing. If the subject wants to drink, he or she can only drink a moderate amount of red wine. Grape liquor. Two years later, the results showed that people on the second diet had significantly increased blood concentrations of osteocalcin and other biomarkers of bone formation, while the other two diets did not show the same effect.

      elderly According to the above introduction, proper intake of olive oil ingredients every day is absolutely beneficial to the health care of the elderly. Only in this way can the elderly live a better life and have a healthy body in their later years.