The main and still unattainable dream of mankind at all times has been and remains a cure for all diseases. However, neither technological progress nor incredible computing power has yet been able to help us achieve this goal. Therefore, the most effective way to improve the body is still traditional medicine and he althy products donated to us by nature itself. Especially effective of these is olive oil - a real panacea that can even defeat cancer cells! But what is the superiority of the foreign olive over the domestic sunflower? And is it possible to harm your own he alth with this miraculous medicine? About the benefits and harms of olive oil on an empty stomach, read the reviews of people taking it in the article.
Olive - a gift from Athena
As with everything valuable and inexplicably useful, the ancient peoples loved to compose legends and myths, so it is said about the Greek olive that it was a gift from the goddess of wisdom and peace, Athena. Allegedly thisthe divine lady once argued with her husband Poseidon about how the new city of Attica would be named. Zeus helped them resolve the dispute by declaring a competition for the most useful gift for the people. As a result, Poseidon decided to defeat everyone with a source of pure water, but the wise Athena created a source of vitamins and other beneficial compounds in the fruits of the olive tree. Subsequently, they became an indispensable ingredient in cosmetics, medicines, as well as masterpieces of culinary art. And for good reason, because olive oil contains:
- all known vitamins: A, B, C, D, K, E, F;
- macro and micronutrients: potassium, iron, calcium, phosphorus, sodium;
- unsaturated and saturated fatty acids;
- antioxidants and more
Well, the dispute was resolved in favor of Athena, from which the ancient Greeks only benefited. For many years, olives served as the monetary unit of this people and were equated to gold coins. Until now, the well-being of a resident of Greece, Italy or Spain can be estimated by the number of olive trees in the property. This fact really makes you think about the value of olive fruits and what specific effect they have on the human body.
Interesting facts about olive oil
Among the most weighty arguments in favor of olive oil is the fact that the inhabitants of the olive homeland have problems with the cardiovascular system less than other nations. Not only that, they have learned to prevent the formationcancer cells using olives.
Thus, omega-9 (oleic acid) prevents the formation of cholesterol plaques and blood clots on the walls of blood vessels, thereby preventing atherosclerosis, heart disease and vascular ailments.
While studying the properties of olive oil, scientists were interested in its molecular composition, where fatty acids consist of fairly large molecules. This implies a large number of atoms in their composition, providing a large energy return to the human body. In simple terms, if you use olive oil in the winter, you can never get cold.
An interesting fact is that relatively recently a natural hydrocarbon of youth was discovered in olive oil. We are talking about squalene, the existence of which became a real sensation when it was discovered in long-lived sharks. Based on this useful component, the beauty industry has learned how to make cosmetics. However, it is easy to replace specialized preparations with unrefined olive oil, applying it to the skin of the face and body.
The amazing properties of olives help smokers by neutralizing the harm from nicotine poisoning. Moreover, by promoting accelerated cell renewal and wound healing, olive oil will save the lungs from damaging effects.
Benefits of olive oil for the body
By improving blood circulation with linoleic acid, olive products can affect brain function and nerve cell production. Thus, a person who regularly consumes olive oil will have an excellentmemory, speed of reactions and coordination of movements.
It has been proven that the fats contained in olive oil can replace mother's milk for an infant. Therefore, this olive product is recommended to be added to babies in the first complementary foods - cereals and mashed potatoes.
What else is the use of olive oil for the human body? The greatest advantage of olives is the ability to cure stomach ulcers. Improvement promises to come within three months after the start of the olive diet. Olives also have a positive effect on the work of the pancreas, liver and gastrointestinal tract as a whole. Moreover, olive oil prevents the formation of gallstones and reduces pain in the presence of a particular disease of the body.
With the help of the olive, they even learned to cope with diseases in the oral cavity, including periodontal disease. To do this, you just need to brush your teeth with olive oil and rub it into the surface of the gums.
The main thing is not to harm
As the main principle of medicine says, the main thing is to do no harm. And in the case of olive oil, you can harm your he alth only in two cases:
- purchasing a defective product;
- using it in unlimited quantities.
How to take olive oil? The product will bring benefits with a reasonable approach to its use. Experts have determined the rate of no more than 2-3 tablespoons of this product per day. If you use a larger amount, then this can lead to a set of excessweight, at least.
Before taking olive oil, the benefits and harms should be studied and discussed with a specialist. A contraindication to the use of this product may also be its individual intolerance or the presence of gallstone disease.
Plus, to all the inhabitants of our vast country, it is better not to completely abandon native sunflower oil.
And, of course, no one is immune from the purchase of a low-quality product, so its selection and storage should be approached responsibly. Especially if you are going to improve your he alth with the help of olive oil.
What manufacturers are silent about
Before taking olive oil, the benefits and harms to the body, of course, are worth studying. And besides, you need to purchase a quality product. It is worth noting that the largest suppliers of olive oil are the following countries: Greece, Italy and Spain. They supply us with different varieties and types of olive oil, which are not always so natural and he althy. In order to use olive oil with confidence in food, you need to understand a little about the processes of its production. Its technological capabilities allow the production of three types of olive oil:
Extra virgin olive oil
It is this product that is the most useful, since during production olive oil is not subject to heat treatment or the addition of chemicals. This product is not cheap, but it cannot last longbe stored. It is possible to determine whether olive oil belongs to this category by the composition of fatty acids - their amount should not exceed 1%.
Extra virgin olive oil
This oil is obtained by the second cold pressing, respectively. It also does not contain chemicals, but is inferior to its "first" counterpart in terms of quality: taste, smell, color.
Chemical extraction
This category of olive oil, in turn, is divided into 3 types, according to the technological features of production:
- Pomace oil is made from a substrate, subjected to heat treatment and a whole list of chemical solvents is added to it. For example, gasoline and hexane. There is no benefit to this product. Its use is common in the production of mayonnaises and sauces, where the details of the production of second-rate butter are silent.
- If a bottle of oil is labeled Pure olive oil, then be prepared that this type of product is made using a similar technology with pomace oil, with the exception of some technological features.
- Finally, the marking of Pomace oil indicates that this oil is intended for the manufacture of creams, soaps, balms or cosmetics. However, this is similar to chemical extraction, which has little to do with a useful product.
Olive oil selection rules
To those who have long turned their attention to such a useful product as olive oil,it is probably known that refined, that is, purified, bleached and deodorized oil cannot have the beneficial effect declared by experts. Therefore, when purchasing this product, you should be guided by the following rules:
- To use an oil product as a salad dressing, cosmetic or food supplement, you need to purchase only unrefined oil.
- The cost of natural olive oil is quite high, since a producer can harvest only 8 kilograms of fruit from one olive tree, from which only 1.5 liters of the final product is obtained.
- Genuine unrefined olive oil has a greenish tint, a strong smell of olives and a slightly bitter aftertaste. You can see a little sediment at the bottom of the bottle.
- Carefully look at the product label. The above markings indicate a low-quality product, but Bio or Organic, on the contrary, promise naturalness and the absence of chemicals, as well as genetically modified raw materials.
Finally, if you are going to use olive oil for frying, then in this case it is better to give preference to a refined product that does not have a pronounced smell and taste.
As many consumers note in the reviews, when storing olive oil, it should be protected from sunlight and bright light. That is why the product is most often bottled in dark glass bottles. You should not store the olive product in the refrigerator, as in this case it will lose its beneficial properties. The optimum storage temperature is no higher than 12 degrees.
Olive oil on an empty stomach: benefits and harms
In many open sources, you can read that the most effective way of beneficial effects of olive oil on the body is to take it on an empty stomach, that is, 15 minutes before the main meal. Why did the experts think so?
Due to the fact that the olive product is a choleretic agent, when it enters our body first, it kind of prepares the gastrointestinal tract for the digestion of food, while starting the choleretic process. After all, it is bile that helps to break down the consumed products with the greatest efficiency. Especially if you drink olive oil with lemon juice. What can go wrong in this case, you ask?
In the presence of gallstone disease, olive oil can cause the stones to move towards the channels, which will lead the consumer to a hospital bed with a diagnosis of biliary colic.
Plus, in combination with lemon, an olive product can provoke severe indigestion, in other words, diarrhea.
However, according to reviews of the benefits and harms of olive oil, cases of such consequences are quite rare, especially if your use of olive oil is reduced to a he althy minimum. Plus, the treatment of each individual disease requires an individual approach.
Olive he alth recipes
In order for fasting olive oil to bring benefits, in the reviews peoplerecommend using the tips below. After all, each individual case of a disease or prevention has its own secrets of using an olive product.
- Due to the fact that olive oil cleanses the liver and removes cholesterol, consumers often resort to cleansing the body with an olive diet. To do this, oil and lemon juice are mixed in equal amounts (150 ml each) and consumed every 15 minutes during the 1st day. But the day before, you should give up fatty and protein foods, and 6 hours before the start of the procedure, it is better to do an enema. There is another, more gentle way to cleanse the liver - drinking 1 glass of tomato juice with 1 tablespoon of olive oil daily before breakfast.
- In order to cure gastritis, experts recommend drinking a glass of purified water every morning, then, after 20 minutes, a tablespoon of olive oil, and after another 30 minutes, start breakfast. The course of such therapy can not be continued for more than 3 months. But a peptic ulcer will help cure olive oil in the morning on an empty stomach (we have already discussed the benefits of using this product), mixed with aloe juice and honey.
- Recipes for pancreatitis must be followed very carefully, since olive oil with this diagnosis can only be used 30 days after remission and in an amount not exceeding 1 tablespoon per day.
- Many in their reviews of the benefits of olive oil note that a tablespoon of the product consumed on an empty stomach 20-30 minutes before will help cleanse the intestines and forget about constipation.food intake.
- Without fail, many recommend the use of olive oil for thrombosis and varicose veins. The olive product is able to thin the blood and rid the blood vessels of blood clots and plaques. The use of oil on an empty stomach can be supplemented by rubbing into the affected area of the vessel.
Olives on guard of beauty
However, the magic olive remedy can improve the condition of the human body not only from the inside. With the help of oil, you can significantly improve the appearance of your hair, face, and nails. If you are going to deal with this particular issue of your he alth and beauty, use olive oil in a complex way, that is, both inside and as a means for external use.
- Due to its cell renewal property, olive oil heals wounds and burns well. It can be rubbed directly into the affected area of the skin or taken in a warm bath with 4-5 tablespoons of olive oil.
- In addition to healing, an olive product can have a beneficial effect on the skin of the face and body, it will get rid of cellulite, nourish and moisturize dry skin, protect against ultraviolet rays, cure cracked lips, get rid of wrinkles and age spots. It is enough to cleanse the skin of the face and body, and then apply olive oil as a mask for 10-15 minutes, then rinse with warm water.
- Those who suffer from hair loss, split ends or unruly strands should carry out daily complex treatments with olive oil. It is rubbed intohair roots or applied as a mask along the entire length for no more than 15 minutes. The oil can be mixed with other he althy products. For example, with banana, egg yolk or lavender oil, as well as burdock oil.
- To strengthen the nail plate and get rid of its delamination, olive oil is rubbed into the surface of the nail or special baths are made with sea s alt, cosmetic additives and olive oil.
After such a complex therapy, your hair will be soft and shiny, your nails will be strong, and your skin will begin to shine with youth.
drawing conclusions
We analyzed the benefits and harms of olive oil for the body. In conclusion, I would like to cite one entertaining story of how a 90-year-old French woman, J. Kalman, sold her apartment to a 47-year-old lawyer. The terms of the contract were simple - the buyer undertook to pay the elderly owner of the property a certain amount of money every month, as if he had purchased an apartment with a mortgage for 10 years. How could this far from old man have thought that he would pay the agreed amount for another 30 years and would not live to see the ownership of the apartment. After the lawyer's death, the grieving widow paid the debt for another 2 years. As a result, the Frenchwoman passed away at the age of 122, which set a world record for longevity. But the most interesting are not even all these events, but the fact that the elderly lady did not adhere to a he althy lifestyle at all and quit smoking, for example, just a few years before her death. When Jeanne Calment was asked how she managed to live so long, she referred to her high consumption of port wine, chocolate and olive oil.
What do you say? Perhaps a panacea for all diseases has existed for a long time, and scientists are puzzled over the technological process in vain? At the very least, the olive miracle cure is worth a try.
