The Significance 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.

Basically, it contains an amount of monosaturated fatty acids, polyphenols and even antioxidants which are beneficial for the health. Olives are best for the heart health. The monosaturated elements found in the oils can lower chances of heart diseases and stroke. This is because, it helps to reduce the bad cholesterol levels or the LDL.

Actually, this is very risky for you since it can accumulate a high level of cholesterol which is harmful to your heart. Usually, it stores in the arteries and may lead of heart attack. Monosaturated acids found in cold pressed oils may increase good cholesterol levels. Through this, it helps reduce LDL through secretion and directly to the digestive system.

Moreover, this is also helpful to lower high blood pressure. In fact, according to research, olives may contain polyphenols which are important to lower blood pressure for people with hypertension. Other studies also show that adding it to your diet can lower pressure and reduce the chances to be dependent on 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.

If you buy this product in a market allowing you to take samples before buying, then you have the chance to determine whether it is a good product or not. Top quality oils have the taste of spicy, nutty, herbal and floral and can only be judged by smelling or tasting. A good olive tastes fresh and clean on your taste buds.

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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