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You Are Taking Olive Oil Wrong - The Five Mistakes That Keep You Insulin Resistant and How the Right Oil Can Lower Your Diabetes Risk by 22% With Ben Azadi | #1334

The Ben Azadi Show

Ben Azadi

Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Fitness, Nutrition

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Fresh Pressed Olive Oil Club (buy 2 get 1 free):https://freshpressolive.com/3SsENmd  Pre-order Keto Flex Revised and get free bonuses at: https://bit.ly/4wKG1sM    You're Taking Olive Oil WRONG: The Five Mistakes That Keep You Insulin Resistant With Ben Azadi Researchers have found that some olive oils contain up to 250 times more of the compounds that improve insulin sensitivity than others. Two people could take a tablespoon every day. One gets the documented benefits. The other gets almost nothing. In this episode, Ben breaks down the five mistakes that keep people from getting any real benefit from olive oil, including the one most commonly overlooked: inconsistent dosing. He also walks through the science behind a 22% reduction in diabetes risk, a 40% lower rate of developing diabetes from the PREDIMED trial, and why the throat sting you feel from a quality olive oil is working on the same anti-inflammatory pathway as ibuprofen. The bottom line is this: stubborn belly fat is not a calorie problem. It's a signaling problem. And the right olive oil, used the right way, every day, is one of the simplest places to start fixing the signal. Key Takeaways: Two people can take olive oil daily and get completely different results because polyphenol content varies by up to 250x Olive oil's benefits don't come from the fat itself, they come from polyphenol compounds that behave more like a supplement than a cooking oil The PREDIMED trial found a 30% lower rate of heart attacks and up to a 40% lower rate of diabetes from daily extra virgin olive oil use 69% of imported extra virgin olive oil tested in a UC Davis study failed to meet international quality standards The peppery throat sting in high-quality olive oil is oleocanthal, which blocks the same inflammatory enzymes as ibuprofen Olive oil does not break a fast because it does not raise glucose or insulin The five-step protocol: 1 to 2 tablespoons daily, raw, with food, stored correctly, checked for sting Find All The Ben Azadi Show Sponsorship Deals ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.ketokamp.com/sponsorship-deals

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If your belly fat won't budge, there's a good chance that your olive oil might be making things worse.

0:35.6

I know that sounds crazy because most of you have been told that olive oil is one of the

0:40.3

healthiest foods on the planet.

0:42.3

And it can be.

0:43.3

But researchers have found that some olive oils can contain up to 250 times more of

0:49.3

the compounds that improve insulin sensitivity than others, meaning two people could take a tablespoon of olive oil every day.

0:58.0

One gets the benefits, the other gets almost nothing.

1:02.0

And that's a disaster if you're dealing with stubborn belly fat, insulin resistance, brain fog, inflammation, fatty liver, or blood sugar problems. Because these compounds have been

1:12.7

shown to lower fasting insulin, improve blood sugar control, reduce inflammation, and even cut

1:19.7

diabetes risk by as much as 22%. But here's the shocking part. Most people are unknowingly

1:26.9

destroying them before they even get the

1:28.9

benefits. Today, I'll show you the five olive oil mistakes that are keeping people insulin resistant,

1:34.7

the olive oils that I stopped buying completely, and why the bottle sitting in your kitchen right now

1:39.9

may be doing absolutely nothing for your metabolism. Stay with me because mistake number four is the

1:46.0

one that shocks most people. And it's probably the mistake that you're making right now. Okay, but first,

1:51.2

I need to fix something in your head because most people think belly fat is a calorie problem.

1:57.7

Simply eat less, move more and the fat comes off. And when it doesn't, they blame themselves.

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