Viral olive oil shots are promoted by celebs like model Hailey Bieber, reality star Kourtney Kardashian and actress Jennifer Lopez to benefit the skin and support overall health.
“I sound so old! I’m like, ‘Ah, I gotta take my olive oil shot in the morning,’” Bieber told TIME in April, saying she mixes it with lemon. “It really kind of just tastes like a big gulp of salad dressing.”
There are serious benefits to the oil, which is naturally anti-inflammatory – but experts say people should be cautious about how much they consume. You might be adding more calories to your morning than you think.
Just a teaspoon of olive oil has 40 calories, according to Rochester Medicine. A shot glass has about nine teaspoons, or 360 calories – around the same as a bacon, egg and gouda sandwich at Starbucks.
“Taking an olive oil shot or two every day can add several hundred calories to your daily calorie consumption,” Megan Meyer, a science communication consultant based in North Carolina,
