Saying that olive oil can help you to lose weight can seem counter intuitive. After all, it’s packed with calories. In fact, it contains more calories than butter! Still, it is also packed with some extremely healthy properties that produce some benefits you may never have expected from a fat.
Olive oil is a staple in the Mediterranean where it is used in a wide spectrum of both cooked and raw foods. Studies have shown that olive oil also offers a number of supportive benefits to help you lose weight. Of course, drinking olive oil (or one of the greatly-hyped lemon juice and olive oil shots) is not going to produce a measurable difference in your weight – except perhaps by bringing it up by dosing you with too many calories. However, it can help you lose weight when used strategically.