Learn About The Variety of Health Benefits From Olive Oil

Olive Oil is used for a handful of beauty benefits, including some of the following:

  • Moisturizing skin
  • Improving skin elasticity and its regenerative properties
  • Providing antioxidants and good fats to fight free radicals and facilitate skin healing
  • Lessening under-eye wrinkles
  • Massaging dry, flakey scalp or dandruff
  • Massaging frizzy hair or split ends (lightly warmed olive oil)

Additionally, Olive Oil is rich in monounsaturated fats, aiding in lowering your risk of heart disease. It may even help benefit insulin levels and blood sugar control, and therefore potentially lower your risk of type 2 diabetes.

For the most part, quality Olive Oil contains essential vitamins and nutrients and is packed with antioxidants. Moreover, Olive Oil is also known to be gentle on your digestive system, and may aid in preventing gallstones and soothe ulcers.

How to Make Olive Oil

The craft of making Olive Oil has been mastered in the Mediterranean region over thousands of years now. Each grower can have a distinct way of tending the trees and producing the oil. The trees are matured for a variety of years before they produce olives.

Nest, after the olives are picked, they are washed and the leaves, twigs, and stems are removed. Afterwards, they are processed to extract the water and oil, which are then separated. Following that process, the Olive Oil is stored in stainless steel containers at about 65 degrees Fahrenheit to prevent breakdown before bottling and shipping.

How Does Olive Oil Work?

Olive Oil is rich in monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs), which are discovered in both plant and animal sources, such as olives and Olive Oil, nuts and seeds, and avocado.

A few of the possible benefits of this type of fat include: those whose diets were higher in monounsaturated fats (compared to polyunsaturated fats) displayed less frequent incidence of breast cancer.

  • Decreased breast cancer risk — A study of women in Sweden found that those whose diets were higher in monounsaturated fats (compared to polyunsaturated fats) showed less frequent incidence of breast cancer.
  • Reduced LDL or "bad" cholesterol level
  • Lower risk for heart disease and stroke — Diets high in MUFAs are linked to a healthy heart and fewer strokes.
  • Weight management — Research has found that switching to monounsaturated fat from diets with trans fat resulted in weight loss.
  • Less severe pain and stiffness for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) sufferers
  • Reduced belly fat — A study by the American Diabetes Association linked diets with monounsaturated fat with better belly fat loss than high carbohydrate diets.
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