For ancient Greeks olive oil was considered to be very beneficial for the health. Today science gradually confirms that it is a powerful weapon to protect our body.
What makes the oil so beneficial against disease and aging? The oil reduces the risk of heart attack and stroke. It is rich in antioxidants (phenols) and monounsaturated fatty acids (oleic acid). Helps to reduce the concentration and the oxidation of bad LDL cholesterol in the blood. This eliminates the risk of atherosclerosis, stenosis and obstruction of vital arteries. It can also prevents dangerous blood clots by reducing the risk of myocardial infarction, thrombosis and stroke.
The effect of olive oil against cancer should also be interested. Surveys have shown that olive oil may prevent the genesis and progression of cancer. It appears that oleic acid in olive oil may suppress the HER-2/neu oncogene implicated in aggressive breast cancers. The anticancer activity due to the antioxidant phenols and monounsaturated fatty acids. Protect the DNA of cells from metabolic oxidative damage is a cause of cancer.
The Mediterranean diet is rich in oil and increases its life. For 50 years, found that diets rich in fruits, vegetables, legumes, olive oil, whole grains, nuts and fish but low in animal fats, provides longer life with fewer heart problems.
How does the oil to treat pain and to fight aging? The antioxidants and unsaturated fatty acids, protect DNA from oxidative damage. These lesions grow over time. It causes cancer and aging.
New research suggests that olive oil has anti-inflammatory properties similar to those known painkilling drugs. Olive oil is different from other vegetable oils. Comes not from seed but it is juice from the fruit of the tree. Does not undergo further processing such as vegetable oils. As juice has many beneficial substances.
The extra virgin and virgin olive oil is richer in beneficial, protective elements for humans. Olive oil is rich in calories. Caution is needed in the quantity you consume. Rampant consumption, could lead to unwanted pounds intake and obesity. The effects of olive oil against heart attack, stroke, thrombosis, cancer, aging and pain should interest us very much.
Olive oil is a powerful weapon to be used properly as part of a healthy diet.
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