Olive oil: benefits and properties of a very good oil for health
We previously echoed some of the benefits and properties of the olive tree, tree from which the name is elaborated olive oil, a real delicacy for health, which has very important benefits and properties for the health of the people who take it.
As you surely know, the olive oil is a product certainly characteristic of the so-called Mediterranean diet, since it has a series of very interesting therapeutic properties and virtues.
For this reason, olive oil becomes an ideal product against cardiovascular diseases, constipation, and many other diseases, while it is a really good food for the liver and gallbladder.
Benefits and properties of olive oil
The olive oil retains all the properties and nutrients of the fruit of the olive tree, since it is the juice resulting from the olives. For this reason, it is the product richest in oleic acid, constituting itself as monounsaturated fat, being effective at helping to lower the high cholesterol, reducing LDL (bad) cholesterol, and increasing HDL (good cholesterol).
It is therefore suitable for cardiovascular diseases, and if the olive oil is of extra virgin olive oil, is very rich in vitamin E, a powerful antioxidant that protects the fat from the dangerous action of free radicals.
According to some research, it has anti-carcinogenic effects, favoring digestion by stimulating the gallbladder and can be a good adjuvant against fatty liver ( purification of the liver).
Therefore, olive oil is highly recommended both in childhood and in the elderly (in this last aspect, helps prevent the onset of arteriosclerosis).
Nutritional values of olive oil
Olive oil has the following Nutritional and nutritional values:
- 73% monounsaturated fatty acids.
- 13.3% saturated acids.
- 8.3% polyunsaturated acids.
