10 Health Benefits of Oregano Oil

6. Claim: Oregano Oil Aids Weight Loss

MIGHT BE TRUE

There has been only one randomized controlled trial suggesting oregano oil's potential as an anti-obesity treatment. Published in the Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry, the study included mice fed either a normal diet or a diet with carvacrol. The mice who had a diet with carvacrol saw reductions in body weight, weight gain, fat and liver weight, plasma and liver cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, and fatty acids. These results, as well as carvacrol's known anti-inflammatory properties, highlight the compound's potential to help reduce the risk of diseases such as atherosclerosis, but there has been no research into the cardiovascular effects specifically.