Dear Subscriber,
What if I told you that there exists a nutrient easily available that can protect you from arterial disease, diabetes, neurodegeneration, inflammation, osteoporosis, and even infection! And there is no risk and it is easily available? Is there any way you wouldn’t be interested?
A few days ago, the Premium section got a special post on a constituent of the olive tree. I feel the need to expand upon that nutrient – hydroxytyrosol or HT. The more I study this gift of God, the more blown away I am at its boon to mankind (sorry ladies, I am not sure if that term is politically correct anymore).
HT is one of the most potent natural antioxidants known – 10 times more potent than green tea and twice as potent as CoQ10. It is found in the olive tree leaf, and fruit. The tree leaves make it as part of its defense against predation and stress. It belongs to the phenolic group of compounds, which included bioflavonoids. Tyrosol is powerful in its own right, but the additional OH, or hydroxy, group makes it far, far more active.
Tyrosol Hydroxytyrosol
Martínez L, Ros G, Nieto G. Hydroxytyrosol: Health Benefits and Use as Functional Ingredient in Meat. Medicines (Basel). 2018 Jan 23;5(1):13. doi: 10.3390/medicines5010013. PMID: 29360770; PMCID: PMC5874578.
This molecule may be the secret of the Mediterranean diet. Estimates are that the typical Spaniard nets about 5.6 mg daily of HT between extra virgin olive oil and olives. Please know that the amount of HT drops precipitously as olive oil is refined. Also know that the oil has far less HT than the leaves! However, olives are more fun to eat than the leaves.
HT is quite a unique molecule. Unlike curcumin, which has low absorption and generally additives are put into its supplements to enhance bioavailability, HT is well over 90% absorbed, in fact - 99%. It is both water soluble and soluble in oil, making it very versatile in getting across membranes, into your system and into the “action”.
HT is a powerful reducer of inflammation. It can act particularly in your vascular system, protecting the all-important endothelial (lining cells) of your arterial system. It protects against LDL cholesterol oxidation (the dangerous form of cholesterol, and a key mechanism of atherosclerosis).
I know you’ve heard of COX inhibitors. Remember VIOXX, the drug that killed over 110,000 Americans. It is a COX-2 inhibitor. Common over the counter drugs like Motrin, ibuprofen, etc. are COX -1 inhibitors. Well, HT likewise inhibits these enzymes, naturally reducing inflammation without risk!!! It further enhances the production of glutathione. In animals, HT reduces diabetic vascular complications and controls the intracellular redox state. This would have profound effects in preventing diabetes, inflammation, vascular, cancer and neurodegenerative diseases. Further, considering that it is a small molecule, and both lipid and water soluble, it would be expected to easily crosses the blood brain barrier, and can prevent dangerous lipid peroxidation in neurons.
It has been shown to be protective against osteoporosis, which is a disease of inflammation in the bone!
And a bonus! It is highly effective against microbial pathogens. We have used olive leaf for years for a diverse cadre of infection syndromes. We combined several supplements into our ozone program for Lyme and overall, we saw about 80% response and have never used antibiotics. HT inhibits HIV metabolism and propagation.
Now, the news gets even better. You don’t need to purchase expensive EVOO to get the healthy benefits. I like EVOO on my salads for the tastes and health benefits. However, part of my routine for years now, since I was diagnosed with significant macular degeneration (genetic in my case), is taking olive leaf extract. Olive leaves have far more HT than does the fruit. I personally use d Lenolate from East Park Research, and take 2 capsules (500 mg each) every day, and have done so since my intensive research into potential treatments for macular degermation I conducted after my diabnosis.
Two capsules worke out to deliver about 10 mg of HT, which is considered ample for all the health benefits. More can be used if there is infection. I am so grateful to the Almighty, and thank the Creator every evening, that my disease has not progressed in 3 years!
And, if you don’t want to purchase a supplement, just go out and collect some leaves from the olive tree nearby. I was most pleasantly surprised to learn from Darro Grieco, proprietor of Berkeley Olive Grove, that you can dry olive leaves and make a tea. Well, it makes lots of sense now, knowing that the leaves are packed with water soluble HT which can come right out into the tea’s water phase, and readily consumed.
I will cover more detail on HT and the wonders of olive compounds in the Premium Section as information comes in. Yes, there is a small subscribing fee. But my goal is that I provide sound information, which will save you multifold in health and disease maintenance costs that we just might be able to prevent with a good dose of wellness! Just one visit to the doctor will likely cost several years of the small subscription fee. In the last Premium post I raised a mysterious but amazing connection between HT and vitamin C.
Thank you for your consideration.
To Your Excellent Health!
Robert Jay Rowen, MD
Little Known Secret (Literally, a MIRACLE) of the Olive Tree
I have been using Olive leaf extract for years for immune support and to fight off cold viruses. One of my co-worker pointed it out to me after I started to experience cold symptoms similar to my spouse. I was told that her nephew was a researcher and he had studied the health properties of the extract and had found it to be very effective. My own experience and my family's experience has been extremely positive in using it over the last 15 years. And I should add that I have discovered research that suggests it is helpful in reducing blood sugar levels.
Hope this product is commensurate in quality HT to the one you enumerated.
Island Nutrition, Olive Leaf Extract Capsules – 25% Oleuropein (40% Total Polyphenols), Plus 20% Hydroxytyrosol Complex – 100% Grown & Extracted in Spain (90 caps), Real European Olive Leaf Extract;;
Hugely appreciative of all of your information.
Thank you so much