Virgin Olive Oil & Fish Fatty Acids Help Prevent Acute Pancreatitis

Not even close.

Acute pancreatitis is more common in alcoholics and persons with gall bladder disease, among others.

Oleic acid and hydroxytyrosol present in a particularly high concentration in virgin olive oil and n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids found in fish affect the cellular mechanisms involved in the development of acute pancreatitis, a disease of oxidative-inflammatory etiology. Therefore, oleic acid and hydroxytyrosol can be considered potential functional ingredients, as they may prevent or mitigate this disease.

Such was the conclusion drawn in a study conducted by a research group at the University of GranadaPhysiology Department, where the researchers examined the role of the Mediterranean diet ingredients in the prevention and mitigation of cell damage.

This study appears to have done nothing to demonstrate prevention.

Be careful of what you read and conclude.