# What actually happens if you take a glug of Olive Oil each evening? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 26, 2025, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actually-happens-if-you-take-a-glug-of-olive-oil-each-evening/1024300 "2025-10-26T12:24:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2025, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actually-happens-if-you-take-a-glug-of-olive-oil-each-evening/1024300/21 "2025-10-26T23:39:30Z")
@aruvqan_myers Using it as a flavoring syrup for sparkling beverages is a great idea ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actually-happens-if-you-take-a-glug-of-olive-oil-each-evening/1024300/22 "2025-10-27T00:04:56Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Just make sure you don’t confuse [Glug](https://getglug.com/) with [Glug](https://www.oatey.com/products/hercules-glug-kitchen-liquid-drain-opener--782826565). I’d rather have a glug of [glögg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gl%C3%B6gg). ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actually-happens-if-you-take-a-glug-of-olive-oil-each-evening/1024300/23 "2025-10-27T01:04:35Z")
> [@P-man](#): > > To say nothing of a jug, you’d end up lying on the rug. It’s a feature, not a bug. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actually-happens-if-you-take-a-glug-of-olive-oil-each-evening/1024300/24 "2025-10-27T02:27:30Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > Personally, I’d start with a swig and work my way up. When I was a kid, my dad’s swigs of my drink were always quite large. A swig is pretty bold; maybe start with a smidge? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actually-happens-if-you-take-a-glug-of-olive-oil-each-evening/1024300/25 "2025-10-27T02:49:43Z")
What happens? Popeye gets _pissed_. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan\_myers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@aruvqan\_myers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan_myers)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actually-happens-if-you-take-a-glug-of-olive-oil-each-evening/1024300/26 "2025-10-27T06:00:42Z")
I am not fond of bubbles, was not raised drinking soda but they liked it well enough, I get him half a gallon of syrup for Christmas every year now =) ---
**Author:** ![Mallard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Mallard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mallard)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actually-happens-if-you-take-a-glug-of-olive-oil-each-evening/1024300/27 "2025-10-27T06:21:31Z")
Jeanne Calment, the oldest documented longest living person ever, was a consumer of olive oil > **[Google Search](https://www.google.com/search?q=jeanne%2Bcalment%2Bolive%2Boil&rlz=1C1UEAD_enCA1085CA1085&oq=jeanne%2Bcalment%2Bolive%2Boil&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyCQgAEEUYORiABDINCAEQABiGAxiABBiKBTINCAIQABiGAxiABBiKBTINCAMQABiGAxiABBiKBTIKCAQQABiABBiiBDIKCAUQABiABBiiBDIHCAYQABjvBTIHCAcQABjvBdIBCTc2NzBqMGoxNagCDLACAfEFSMM5SvgpPuQ&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8)** ---
**Author:** ![Dandan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@Dandan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandan)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actually-happens-if-you-take-a-glug-of-olive-oil-each-evening/1024300/28 "2025-10-27T11:20:23Z")
> [@aruvqan\_myers](#): > > box of pancake mix, bottle of maple syrup and recipes [no liquids or meat products changed hands] > [@aruvqan\_myers](#): > > I get him half a gallon of syrup for Christmas every year now =) So, you gav him _dehydrated_ maple syrup? I like maple syrup as a sweetener in my tea. Dan ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actually-happens-if-you-take-a-glug-of-olive-oil-each-evening/1024300/29 "2025-10-27T15:27:39Z")
> [@Mallard](#): > > Jeanne Calment, the oldest documented longest living person ever, was a consumer of olive oil 105-year-old Jack Reynolds had “a whisky in his tea every morning and two shots of Grouse (scotch) in a glass with lemonade at night and swears by it” > **[105-Year-Old Says Whiskey Is the Secret to His Longevity](https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/105-old-says-whiskey-secret-143441004.html)** > > Jack Reynolds credits his long life to a daily regimen of whiskey, which he drinks every morning with tea and every night before bed. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actually-happens-if-you-take-a-glug-of-olive-oil-each-evening/1024300/30 "2025-10-27T15:29:02Z")
Well, they’re both lubricants of a sort. And parts awkwardly seizing up is one of the common problems of old age. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actually-happens-if-you-take-a-glug-of-olive-oil-each-evening/1024300/31 "2025-10-27T15:48:18Z")
It’s why I rely on WD-40 to keep my joints mobile. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actually-happens-if-you-take-a-glug-of-olive-oil-each-evening/1024300/32 "2025-10-27T15:53:13Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > When I was a kid, my dad’s swigs of my drink were always quite large. A swig is pretty bold; maybe start with a smidge? I think a smidge would be too small to be therapeutic. Maybe start with a nip. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan\_myers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@aruvqan\_myers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan_myers)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actually-happens-if-you-take-a-glug-of-olive-oil-each-evening/1024300/33 "2025-11-04T15:41:25Z")
? Only dehydrated in the fact it is sap boiled down =) ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actually-happens-if-you-take-a-glug-of-olive-oil-each-evening/1024300/34 "2025-11-04T18:38:37Z")
All right: what volume of olive oil can one actually drink without ending up puking it all back up? Enquiring minds want to know. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actually-happens-if-you-take-a-glug-of-olive-oil-each-evening/1024300/35 "2025-11-04T19:29:13Z")
That sounds like an experiment best determined by a TikTok challenge. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actually-happens-if-you-take-a-glug-of-olive-oil-each-evening/1024300.md?page=1)