Registered Dietitian Debunks Olive Oil Trend
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 oil鈥檚 health benefits, Haar explains that doing so can lead to weight gain, as the average olive oil shot adds approximately 357 calories to one鈥檚 daily consumption.
鈥淭he thing people don鈥檛 realize is that no matter what type of fat they鈥檙e consuming, it all has the same calories,鈥� says Haar. 鈥淎 tablespoon of lard and a tablespoon of olive oil are equal in number of calories鈥nce a food rightfully gets a healthy aura, there鈥檚 this notion of, 鈥楽ome is good. More is better,鈥� but that鈥檚 not always the case.鈥�
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