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Registered Dietitian Debunks Olive Oil Trend

April 17, 2024

As seen in , Clinical Associate Professor and Chairperson for the Department of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Mindy Haar, Ph.D., RDN, debunks a TikTok trend encouraging users to consume daily olive oil shots. While people taking the shots believe they are more likely to reap the oils health benefits, Haar explains that doing so can lead to weight gain, as the average olive oil shot adds approximately 357 calories to ones daily consumption.

The thing people dont realize is that no matter what type of fat theyre consuming, it all has the same calories, says Haar. A tablespoon of lard and a tablespoon of olive oil are equal in number of calories吏nce a food rightfully gets a healthy aura, theres this notion of, Some is good. More is better, but thats not always the case.

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