Olive Oil Times
Doctors in Italy recommend using olive oil in solids for babies that are being weaned off breast milk, due to the many common health benefits.
World Health Organization
RECOMMENDATIONS
"WHO and UNICEF recommend that children initiate breastfeeding within the first hour of birth and be exclusively breastfed for the first 6 months of life – meaning no other foods or liquids are provided, including water.
Infants should be breastfed on demand – that is as often as the child wants, day and night. No bottles, teats or pacifiers should be used.
From the age of 6 months, children should begin eating safe and adequate complementary foods while continuing to breastfeed for up to 2 years and beyond."
National Institutes of Health
CONCLUSIONS
"The results indicate an overall risk reduction of all-cause mortality (11%), cardiovascular mortality (12%), cardiovascular events (9%), and stroke (17%) when comparing the top versus bottom third of MUFA, olive oil, oleic acid, and MUFA:SFA ratio."
10/1/2014, Monounsaturated fatty acids, olive oil and health status: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies, NIH National Library of Medicine
"Increasing evidence suggests that the Mediterranean diet can reduce the risk of CVD. Olive oil is the hallmark of this dietary pattern... Available studies support an inverse association of olive oil consumption with stroke (and with stroke and CHD combined)."
4/28/2014, Olive oil consumption and risk of CHD and/or stroke: a meta-analysis of case-control, cohort and intervention studies, NIH National Library of Medicine
U.S. Food & Drug Administration
CONCLUSION
"Supportive but not conclusive scientific evidence suggests that daily consumption of about 1½ tablespoons (20 grams) of oils containing high levels of oleic acid, when replaced for fats and oils higher in saturated fat, may reduce the risk of coronary heart disease. To achieve this possible benefit, oleic acid-containing oils should not increase the total number of calories you eat in a day." 7/16/2020, Ray A. Matulka, Ph.D. Director Toxicology, U.S. Food & Drug Administration