Olive oil, like other unsaturated fats, protects our heart from heart attacks and strokes. The confirmation comes from researchers who have studied the behavior of a protein present in these foods that is able to block the formation of agglomerates of platelets that could lead to thrombosis and therefore to heart attacks, strokes and death.
Olive oil contains a protein that is able to protect us from cardiovascular disease because it inhibits the formation of platelet aggregations that can lead to thrombosis that, in the brain or heart, cause stroke, death or heart attack.