Olive and Reduced Total Cholesterol

• Effects of olive leaf polyphenols on blood lipid profiles and cardiovascular risk markers in healthy and at-risk populations: a narrative review.

  • 2026
  • Review
  • Food & function 17(8)
  • • Sanne L M van Stratum
    • Yala Stevens
    • Jogchum Plat

  • PubMed: 41878818
  • DOI: 10.1039/d5fo04678e

  4 Insights on

  • Reduced Total Cholesterol

  • Moderate evidence
  • Rigorous Journal

  In individuals with elevated cardiovascular risk, reductions in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, total cholesterol, triglycerides, and oxidised low-density lipoprotein were more consistently observed.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate