8 Weird Olive Oil Tricks That Actually Hold Up to Clinical Research | EP 409
DR. GUNDRY PODCAST: GUT HEALTH, WEIGHT LOSS, AND NUTRITION
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🗓️ 30 June 2026
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
You've got a bottle of extra virgin olive oil sitting in your kitchen right now. I'd bet money on it.
But I'd also bet you're only using it for one thing, cooking. Maybe the occasional salad dressing if you're feeling fancy. What if I told you that's like buying a Swiss Army knife and only ever using it to open envelopes?
In this episode, I'm sharing eight science-backed ways olive oil can transform your health, and none of them involve a salad. We're talking about your brain, your joints, your gut, your skin, your ears, and even your snoring. Yes, really.
This golden liquid has been used medicinally for thousands of years, and modern research is finally catching up to what the ancients already knew. By the end of this episode, you're going to look at that bottle on your counter completely differently.
On this episode, you’ll learn:
- How you can transform your oral health by doing THIS surprising hack (01:44)
- Why snoring can be your body signaling a much deeper issue (03:03)
- The skin secret Cleopatra and Sophia Loren both swore by (04:20)
- The incredible study that resulted in MRI-confirmed brain changes, improved memory, attention span, and executive function (05:34)
- The one mistake most people are making when it comes to their ear health (07:51)
- Which household item outperformed a prescription pain gel (08:45)
- The virtually free morning ritual that can kickstart digestion and support a healthy bowel rhythm (09:59)
- Why what you see on your scalp is really a sign of systemic inflammation (11:06)
- Three things to look for on an olive oil label before you buy (12:21)
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Nadine from Cambridge in the UK and I just want to say how much I love Dr. |
| 0:10.9 | Gundry's podcast. It's great insights and I love all the advice that's given. It's made me so |
| 0:19.1 | much more aware of my intake. I'm borderline type 2 |
| 0:24.0 | diabetic, so it's highly relevant. Keep up the good work. Thank you. Well, it's National |
| 0:30.7 | Polyphenol Day and Week, and this week it's all about polyphenol. So how about eight weird ways that olive oil can supercharge |
| 0:43.5 | your health? Let's get into it. Something exciting is coming up very soon. National Polyphenol |
| 0:53.3 | Day is July 11th and my 76th birthday. |
| 0:57.4 | And I'll be celebrating the only way I know how with a shot of my polyphenol rich olive oil. |
| 1:04.8 | It's how I've stayed sharp, strong, and feeling better than ever. |
| 1:08.5 | Join me. Take your shot, post it, and tag me at Dr. Stephen Gundry. |
| 1:15.3 | Let's celebrate together. |
| 1:21.2 | Now you probably have a bottle of extra virgin olive oil in your kitchen right now, but I bet that |
| 1:26.6 | everything you're using it for is only |
| 1:28.5 | one thing, and that's cooking and salad dressings. But today I'm going to show you some unexpected |
| 1:34.0 | science-backed ways to get this golden liquid transforming your health in some weird ways. And none of it |
| 1:43.1 | involves a salad. |
| 1:46.2 | All right, number one, oil pulling. |
| 1:52.5 | Believe it or not, this is a 3,000-year-old mouthwash. |
| 1:59.5 | What you do is you swish one to two tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil in your mouth for five to ten minutes on an empty stomach. |
| 2:03.2 | And you pull it through your teeth, oil pulling. |
| 2:08.0 | Now, spit it out, but quite frankly, if you want to swallow it, it's not going to hurt you |
| 2:14.7 | and might help you. |
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