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The Benefits Of Cold Pressed Extra Virgin Olive Oil

By Amalia Odom


Anyone living or coming from the Mediterranean region would tell you the health benefits and the amazing properties of olives on fish, pasta, and salads. The best thing about it is that olives are widely available all the time for the satisfaction of your taste buds and enhance good health. Just like wine, oil from olives has been around for several decades.

It has been used and combined with other medicine used for people of all ages. The olive tree is known as a symbol or glory, peace and harmony. This is a great component used in different kinds of medicines, ointments and used as a general healing agent. Cold pressed extra virgin olive oil is considered as a popular of them all as it helps to reduce the risk of blood pressure. This can be extracted from olives picked freshly.

Usually, it contain polyphenols, antioxidant and monosaturated fatty acids that usually offer different health benefits. The monosaturated element of this oil can reduce higher chances of heart illness and even stroke. This is usually because, the monosaturated fatty acids can protect the heart whilst minimizing the levels of bad cholesterol stored in the body specifically in the heart.

It is quite dangerous for you as it usually stores cholesterol levels in the arteries which can affect the proper pumping or delivery of blood to the heart. Once your heart is affected, then there is a possibility that you will suffer from heart problems. Monosaturated acids found in a cold pressed also increases good cholesterol levels/ It helps to reduce LDL through liver secretion directly to the digestive system.

Additionally, it is also useful to decrease high blood pressure. Studies who that olives contain an amount of polyphenols which is helpful to lower high blood pressure especially to young adults with mild hypertension. Research shows that adding an amount of virgin oil to your diet helps to lower the risk of heart problems and to minimize the use of medications.

This oil is quite helpful to prevent cancers. Actually, a consumption of olives can minimize the risk of digestive tract, breast, prostate and colon cancers. It has been proven that olive oils in your healthy diet can also prevent stomach ulcers due which are usually associated with gastric cancer.

Today, grocery stores are filled with any kind of virgin oil products. If you are not smart enough when it comes to these products, you will end up paying for the wrong product. Thus, reading the label carefully is so much needed. It's quite hard to judge the quality of the product if you are not going to taste it. Making sure to determine the manufacturers well as the products used must be done properly.

Buying them from a store that would allow you to take some samples of the products and taste it before paying for the goods is much better. This is helpful to determine if the oils are made from quality components. Usually, a fresh and quality oil have a spicy, herbal, floral or nutty taste. They can also be judged depending on the smell and taste.

These days, premium olive oils are cold pressed. Meaning, the paste is warmed to room temperature to prevent losing its good tastes and pressing should be done in winter when it is cold to retain its good flavor. As you see, there are many people using this oil because of its benefits and ways to promote good health.




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