You're listening to The Digest This Podcast, and I'm your host, Bethany Cameron.

Intermittent fasting is currently one of the world's most popular health and fitness trends,

and I hate to even call it a quote trend because humans have been fasting since the beginning

of time. Whether we know it or not, we were too.

In fact, I bet you didn't know that you fast every single day. Unless you're eating in your sleep,

you are fasting from the moment you go to bed till the moment you get up in the morning.

But intermittent fasting is more than just abstaining from food

during the night, and there are different levels and versions of it. So today I wanted to break it

down for you and share in more detail about the different kinds of fasting and the benefits

each one poses. A large 2022 meta-analysis found that people who consumed the highest amount of

olive oil were 31% less likely to develop cancer. This may be due to the antioxidants in olive

oil, which may help reduce oxidative damage caused by free radicals, which is a leading driver of

cancer. A 2023 study found that olive oil

was linked with lower inflammatory markers in people with rheumatoid arthritis, especially for

more severe disease activity. Olive oil contains compounds that may inhibit and even kill harmful

bacteria. One of these is H. Pylori, which is a bacterium that lives in

your stomach and may cause stomach ulcers and even stomach cancer. Studies have found that

extra virgin olive oil may help fight against certain strains of this bacterium. Needless to say,

start taking olive oil daily. But don't just pick any olive oil off the

fluorescent lit store shelves because all the beneficial compounds I just mentioned are most likely

gone, rancid, and oxidized. Not to mention, some brands even cut their olive oil with other

products such as seed oils to stretch a buck and make

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