Drinking olive oil

[TheSperminator Member of the Month Oct 12 Find all posts View Profile Close TheSperminator]

I'm into bodybuilding. I subcribed on youtube to some bodybuilding channels. My bodybuilding idol is Brandon Carter. I'd say definetly check his channel out!

Recently he posted a video where he claims to drink around 100ml or a bottle of olive oil a day, just to get the extra calories (one bottle is around 1000 calories).

My question: is this healthy?

I see people claim on youtube that it's healthy to drink a shot glass of olive oil daily. I'm sure olive oil is healthy, but to just drink it?

I bought a bottle today. I tried to drink it, but nearly puked. I don't like olives in general so perhaps this is why I got the puke-response . I like the idea though of getting some easy extra calories from drinking it.

What are your thoughts about it? I've red people claim it's healthy. I've red others claim it's unhealthy because you're basically just drinking pure fat.

[sulayman Member Find all posts View Profile Close sulayman]

It depends on the olive oil you bought, for example some bottles can be even 50% canola oil and canola oil is like almost 40% trans-fat (if it's deodorized). I have nothing against good fat though. And by good I mean pretty much everything that is natural. Heard that you can test with fridge if the oil has other oils in it but I don't know how. Could you paste the link to Carter's vid so I can check it out? I used to read / watch his material a lot like year ago.

[Dick Whammy Retired Moderator Member of the month Jan 2014PEGym Hero Find all posts View Profile Close Dick Whammy]

Drinking Olive Oil is a "supposed" method of getting rid of stones in either the kidneys or liver. Or maybe it was Liver Detox. I read about it a long time ago. Taking coconut oil is GOOD I was doing that for a while.....maybe I'll start again. :-)

Many home remedies and solutions,,,,,,never just go by store bought solutions. (okay,,,,I know you gotta buy Olive Oil unless you press your own.) :-)

[TheSperminator Member of the Month Oct 12 Find all posts View Profile Close TheSperminator]

It depends on the olive oil you bought, for example some bottles can be even 50% canola oil and canola oil is like almost 40% trans-fat (if it's deodorized). I have nothing against good fat though. And by good I mean pretty much everything that is natural. Heard that you can test with fridge if the oil has other oils in it but I don't know how. Could you paste the link to Carter's vid so I can check it out? I used to read / watch his material a lot like year ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eV-xRA7yE2o

He might come off as a douche at first, but he's a friendly guy trust me You can't argue with his physique btw.

+ I bought this bottle. That's what I'm scared off. You think you're doing good but you're just drinking pure transfat.

http://www.villabertolli.com/Images/524/524-114714.png

The bottle says: 800 Kcal per 100ml. It's a bottle of 500ml. 100 ml contains 90g mono- unsaturated fats, 13g poly-unsaturated fats (I think), 7g saturated fats. No carbs or protein.

[TheSperminator Member of the Month Oct 12 Find all posts View Profile Close TheSperminator]

+ Brandon also has a video on mixing coconut oil with your whey shake. But I've red online that olive oil gets an 8,2 or something on the healthy scale while coconut oil was a 6,8 (I believe).

[sulayman Member Find all posts View Profile Close sulayman]

Oh yeah so if you're trying to bulk up then you can drink it but you should not add any other things to your diet then. If cutting then no drinking olive oil for you . And really you can't trust the ingredients list on some foods, at least when it comes to trans-fats, they don't show it on label. Maybe try buying canola oil then put it in fridge and see if it freezes? Then buy EVOO and put it in fridge and see if it does the same as canola oil. I don't know just my guess how the "fridge test" could go like. Buying canola oil feels like buying crap though haha. Useless stuff.

[Koh Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Koh]

I just drink a tablespoon daily. No need to go overboard imo. Then again my physique is pretty decent. I don't want to get too big.

[Dick Whammy Retired Moderator Member of the month Jan 2014PEGym Hero Find all posts View Profile Close Dick Whammy]

Look at it this way,,,,that is a GREAT cooking oil. :-) So you really can't lose. Goes GREAT in salads too!

[TheSperminator Member of the Month Oct 12 Find all posts View Profile Close TheSperminator]

Do people sprankle their veggies with extra virgin olive oil? (pure out the bottle?) In that case, it shouldn't be that harmful? (How the hell can you eat those veggies btw, it has such a dominant flavour)

Anyways, drank it one hour ago and still got the taste on my lips .. So disgusting. A tablespoon a day sounds like a good idea.

[Joint-Expansion Senior Member Member of the Month August 2014 Find all posts View Profile Close Joint-Expansion]

I add it on my salads and in my cooking, but drinking it raw...Yuck. lol. Coconut oil on the other hand tastes pretty good, and it's loaded with medium chain triglycerides, which are awesome for energy and keeping mentally sharp.

[Dick Whammy Retired Moderator Member of the month Jan 2014PEGym Hero Find all posts View Profile Close Dick Whammy]

Do people sprankle their veggies with extra virgin olive oil? (pure out the bottle?) In that case, it shouldn't be that harmful? (How the hell can you eat those veggies btw, it has such a dominant flavour)

Anyways, drank it one hour ago and still got the taste on my lips .. So disgusting. A tablespoon a day sounds like a good idea.

Salads with EVOO (extra virgin olive oil) are the only way to go!! I'll eat raw plain stuff, but a great green salad needs different lettuces, black and green olives, green onions, lots of tomato, fresh basil, salt, pepper, evoo. YUMMERS!!

[arkham Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close arkham]

Im totally into flax seed oil. But drinking 100ml? I dont have enough muscles to burn that much.

[Rasputine Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Rasputine]

have used hemp oil

[Toadstool Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Toadstool]

drinking an entire bottle of olive oil DAILY? What a disgusting, gluttonous thing to do. Go ahead and enjoy the added expenses and health hazards.

[TheSperminator Member of the Month Oct 12 Find all posts View Profile Close TheSperminator]

drinking an entire bottle of olive oil DAILY? What a disgusting, gluttonous thing to do. Go ahead and enjoy the added expenses and health hazards.

Toad, what are your thoughts on one tablespoon daily? What are your thoughts on olive oil in general