Drinking olive oil,,,,,,

Hi Rooot, stoneface and all humans aboard..

Rooot Wrote:Isn't it amazing that it's easy to balk at taking 1/2 cup of oil at once, yet people don't even blink at the thought of eating a bunch of fried chicken or other high fat/sugar/junk content -

Stoneface wrote:As a comment to olive oil. I can't see olive oil "taxing" the liver any more than nice beef dinner that some of us eat now and then !

Well, you're right, but....(there's always a 'but').....Nature doesn't make them in concentrated form  
When eating fats and sugars, they need to be "mixed" with protein and fiber, respectively.

1 cup of plain sugar diluted with a little water, drank at once, taxes the pancreas so much, that can be lethal.
Similarly goes with olive oil, as it really taxes the liver. -Not so violent than sugar. To a strong liver...BUT(!)...

If done when suffering from hepatitis, or after drinking hard or long, it can be a real burden on the liver, and would need a rush trip to the hospital, with excrutiating pain on your right side on each spasm of the liver....

It might be harmful to some people, and to all, in certain conditions.

It is not a toxic dose.... But, it's useful to know about the risks, just to be aware, in the remote case, we are witness of such condition, being able to  identify it; or at least, add it up to the probable causes...

I would dare to suggest:
> Don't take it lightly
> Get all the facts, and
> Always Play it Safe !  

I am getting ready for my first try on LF,

Kind Regards