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Friday, November 13 2020 - 05:16
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Japanese nutritionists highlight the benefits of olive oil consumption in athletes' diets to achieve their best performance
TOKYO, November 13, 2020, /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/--

Olive Oil from Spain (https://oliveoilworldtour.jp/) is pleased to promote the 
benefits that olive oil offers to athletes. It contains substances that help 
improve health, including antioxidants which are known to accelerate recovery 
after exhaustive exercise. In Spain, many athletes include olive oil in their 
diet as a nutritious source of good quality fat. 

Nutritionist Ms. Kumiko Yoneyama commented and recommended to use extra virgin 
Olive Oil from Spain for athletes before and after performance: "There are a 
variety of foods that athletes should consume, but in addition to consuming 
good quality proteins such as meat, fish, and soy products, the antioxidant 
vitamins A, C, and E are recommended. Beta-carotene (a precursor to vitamin A), 
which is found in green and yellow vegetables, is a vitamin that is easily 
soluble in oil. For this reason, it is a great companion to olive oil that is a 
good quality oil. Many athletes lack energy, so why not make the best use of 
oil and add extra virgin olive oil to any dish such as salads?"

The substances contained in olive oil are known to prevent a variety of 
diseases. Replacing saturated fats with unsaturated fats such as olive oil can 
help eliminate one of the risk factors of cardiovascular diseases. In 
particular, extra virgin olive oil, which is rich in oleic acid reduce blood 
cholesterol. It also contains natural antioxidants such as polyphenols and 
Vitamin E. Antioxidant properties provided by Vitamin E are known to offer 
anti-aging benefits. All these benefits have been demonstrated through 
different scientific studies such as PREDIMED 
[http://www.predimed.es/introduction.html ], the largest primary prevention 
trial to show that Mediterranean diet is beneficial against the incidence of 
several major chronic diseases. 

In Spain, the meals of athletes who include a significant amount of olive oil 
in their diet. 

Rafael Nadal, the most internationally renowned active Spanish sportsman, who 
has been a brand ambassador of Olive Oils from Spain, boasts of integrating 
extra virgin olive oil as a base in his diet to improve his performance. In the 
sports industry, Vitamin E's benefits for improving athletic performance are 
widely known and used to help improve competitive performance of elite 
athletes. The Vitamin E's function to promote blood flow helps remove 
fatigue-causing substances accumulated during long exercise from the 
bloodstream, thereby speeding up recovery. Olive oil rich in oleic acid is also 
unlikely to accumulate in the body, mainly because unsaturated fats break down 
much more quickly than saturated fats, making it an ideal source of nutritional 
fat for many athletes.

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SOURCE: Olive Oils from Spain
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