Your body needs sufficient amounts of unsaturated fat to promote
healthy blood circulation, keep your heart healthy and prevent most
diseases. A long line of studies increasingly show that, unlike most
food products containing saturated and trans fats, olive oil contains
different kinds of unsaturated fatty acids with high antioxidant
properties. If you want to buy olive oil to replace the saturated fats
in your diet, only extra virgin and not simply pure or light olive oil
can give you the most health benefits.

Kinds of olive oil

Olive oil can be one of two types:

1. Extra virgin: which is extracted immediately after harvesting the
fruits and not processed with chemicals.

1. Pure or light oil: This is produced by over extraction of oil from
the fruit or mixed with a small percentage of extra virgin oil.

Composition of extra virgin oil

Extra virgin oil which does not undergo chemical processing contains
the highest concentrations of fatty acids which include the following:

* Oleic acid: This gets its name from the olive fruit because it can
make up 55 to 80 percent of olive oil. Research suggests that this
monounsaturated fat works well to reduce your risk of heart
disease, prevents cell ageing and degeneration as well as
osteoporosis. In an interesting study, oleic acid infused in the
intestines of mice indicated a strong tendency to reduce hunger
pangs, leading experts to believe that controlled amounts of olive
may be used to aid weight loss.
* Palmitic acid: a saturated fatty acid that makes up to 20% of
olive oil.
* Linoleic acid: another polyunsaturated fatty acid which is an
Omega-6 essential fatty acid that makes up to 20% of olive oil
* Linolenic acid: a polyunsaturated fatty acid that makes up the
lowest percentage in olive oil.

Anti-inflammatory properties

The polyphenols found in olives are natural antioxidants that give it
a bitter and astringent taste. Researchers who observed a similarity
in the characteristic “bite” of olives and ibuprofen, a
non steroidal anti inflammatory drug (NSAID), proposed that the same
astringent effect of the polyphenols are responsible for its anti
inflammatory benefits. This helps to explain why olive oil can treat a
wide range of diseases from sunburn, heart disease, and hypertension
and prevent certain cancers.

Prioritise quality when you buy olive oil. Make sure that you get only
the best extra virgin olive oil that is extracted under strict
standards to maintain its health giving properties.

 

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