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| Ongoing projects are looking into the effect of olive oil on chronic diseases (diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular diseases) as well as into its antioxidant properties, derived from its minor components. The specific projects underway with IOC funding are detailed below: |
 Effects of hypocaloric high-carbohydrate and high-monounsaturated-fat diet on glycemic control and lipoprotein levels in obese patients with NIDDM |
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Leader/Coordinator
Abhimanyu Garg, MBBS, MD, Scott M. Grundy, MD.
UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
DALLAS |
| The role of monounsaturated fats in the etiology of chronic disease |
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Leader/Coordinator
Maurizio Trevisan and Jo Freudenheim
Dept. Social and Preventive Medicine, State University of New York at
Buffalo
NEW YORK |
| Dietary olive oil and oleic acid as modulators of aberrant fatty acid metabolism and cell signalling in prostatic and breast cancer |
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Leader/Coordinator
K.W.J. Wahle
Rowett Research Institute
Bucksburn
ABERDEEN |
Phenolic antioxidants of olive oil: animal and human studies in volunteers and in diabetics with vascular diseases
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Leader/Coordinator
Claudio Galli
Università di Milano
MILAN
Paolo Rubba
Università di Napoli Federico II
NAPLES |
Comparison of an olive oil enriched to a low fat diet. Intervention study using vascular end-points assessed by angiography and ultrasound
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Leader/Coordinator
David Colquhoun
Wesley Medical Centre
AUCHENFLOWER |
Metabolism and health effect of polyphenols from olive oil
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Leader/Coordinator
Martijn B. Katan
Wageningen Agricultural University
WAGENINGEN |
Influence of olive oil on postabsorptive and postprandial lipoproteins, macronutrient intake and oxidation when incorporated into low-fat vs high fat diet
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Leader/Coordinator
Jean-Pierre Després
Laval University
QUEBEC |
| Study on the principal antioxidant phenolic phytochemicals in virgin olive oil: characterisation of their effects on some biological mechanisms related to atherosclerosis and neurodegenerative diseases |
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Leader/Coordinator
Giovanni De Gaetano
Consorzio Mario Negri Sud (CMNS)
MILAN |
| Determination of the dietary carbohydrate to fat level that will minimise hepatic triglyceride synthesis in diabetic and insulin resistant states |
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Leader/Coordinator
M.T. Clandinin
Nutrition and Metabolism Research Group
University of Alberta
EDMONTON |
Diet, lipids and antioxidants in plasma in four provinces with a wide variation in cardiovascular mortality
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Leader/Coordinator
M. de Oya
Fundación Jiménez Díaz
MADRID |
Olive oil and other aspects of diet on risk factors for neoplasms in Southern Europe: An integrated network of case-control studies
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Leader/Coordinator
Carlo La Vecchia
Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche "Mario Negri"
MILAN |
| Diet in relation to childhood leukaemia |
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Leader/Coordinator
Eleni Petridou
Medical School
University of Athens
Dept. of Hygiene and Epidemiology
ATHENS |
Studies on the nutritional value of olive oil: cellular transport, metabolism and biological effects of hydroxytyrosol
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Leader/Coordinator
Patrizia Galletti
Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli
NAPLES |
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