Elenolic acid, found in olives, lowers blood sugar and promotes weight loss in obese diabetic mice, showing promise for treating obesity and diabetes.

Olive compound elenolic acid, found to lower blood sugar and promote weight loss in obese mice with diabetes, shows promise for treating obesity and diabetes. With a glucose-lowering effect comparable to liraglutide (injectable diabetes med) and better than metformin (oral diabetes treatment), researchers are now studying how it creates metabolic benefits and its safety for clinical trials.