Olive oil in particular slows down the gastric birth using hormonal mechanisms, favouring the digestion and abrasion processes.

At the Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology of the University of Granada, they are working, together with other aspects that relate olive oil to health(cerebrovascular system, lipidic peroxidation, physical activity) on the effects of olive oil on the exocrine pancreas (secretion of digestive fermentation).

The results obtained up until now open up a field towards the use of intestinal formulas rich in olive oil for patients where a functional rest of the pancreas for any reason (pancreatitis, digestive surgery, cystic fibrosis, etc.) is indicated (Ballesta et al. 1990 and 1991b).

The oleic acid has a collagogic action and this favours the vesicular emptying, it avoids the stasis of the vesicular and decreases the possibility of biliary lithiasis.