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So you probably saw this the other day:
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-27470115
And I tracked down the King's College London press release:
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/newsevents/news/newsrecords/2014/May/Why-you-need-olive-oil-on-your-salad.aspx
And essentially it is that putting olive oil on nitrite (or nitrate) rich vegetables causes a synergy that creates Nitro Fatty Acids. And the reason this is important is because it inhibits the formation of soluble Epoxide Hydrolase, and when you inhibit that, you reduce blood pressure.
So, it's time be generous with your slatherings of olive oil on vegetables. Ones which are nitrite or nitrate rich, that is. Which, strangely, when those substances appear in preserved meats, they are bad news. Here is a tool to help find the richest such vegetables:
http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/
Tangent:
I find it hilarious in the BBC news report, after finding out that adding one type of complex food to another type of complex food creates a new complex nutrient with health benefits, all anyone can talk about is isolating the active compound to make single-purpose pharmaceuticals. :) What part of "emergent property" are they not getting? :) The thing about emergent properties is that they must have a matrix out of which to emerge.
24 January 2023 update
The above links are kaput, so nitrate rich vegetables are your leafy greens: spinach and lettuce as well as fennel, rocket, radishes, Chinese cabbage, and parsley.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6165613/#:~:text=Vegetables%20particularly%20rich%20in%20nitrates,3%2C%205%2C%206%5D.
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-27470115
And I tracked down the King's College London press release:
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/newsevents/news/newsrecords/2014/May/Why-you-need-olive-oil-on-your-salad.aspx
And essentially it is that putting olive oil on nitrite (or nitrate) rich vegetables causes a synergy that creates Nitro Fatty Acids. And the reason this is important is because it inhibits the formation of soluble Epoxide Hydrolase, and when you inhibit that, you reduce blood pressure.
So, it's time be generous with your slatherings of olive oil on vegetables. Ones which are nitrite or nitrate rich, that is. Which, strangely, when those substances appear in preserved meats, they are bad news. Here is a tool to help find the richest such vegetables:
http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/
Tangent:
I find it hilarious in the BBC news report, after finding out that adding one type of complex food to another type of complex food creates a new complex nutrient with health benefits, all anyone can talk about is isolating the active compound to make single-purpose pharmaceuticals. :) What part of "emergent property" are they not getting? :) The thing about emergent properties is that they must have a matrix out of which to emerge.
24 January 2023 update
The above links are kaput, so nitrate rich vegetables are your leafy greens: spinach and lettuce as well as fennel, rocket, radishes, Chinese cabbage, and parsley.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6165613/#:~:text=Vegetables%20particularly%20rich%20in%20nitrates,3%2C%205%2C%206%5D.
