The biggest feature of human food in the 21st century is the pursuit of nature. In terms of edible oil, the demand for edible vegetable oil will increase, and olive oil will gradually become an ideal edible oil in the new century with its unique physical and chemical indexes and health care functions. Olive oil has been widely used in many western countries. If we compare ordinary salad oil with olive oil, salad oil is transparent yellow, smells obviously oily, and has a little smoke after entering the pot. Olive oil is yellow in color and green in color, and smells attractive and fragrant. After it is put into the pot, the fragrance of fruits and vegetables runs through the whole process of cooking, and it will not destroy the color of vegetables, nor will it have any greasy feeling.

1. Frying with olive oil

Unlike vegetable oil, olive oil can keep its chemical structure stable at high temperature because of its antioxidant properties and high unsaturated fatty acid content. When ordinary edible oil is used, when the oil temperature exceeds the smoke point, the chemical structure of oil and fat will change, resulting in carcinogens. The smoke point of olive oil is between 24 and 27 degrees Celsius, which is much higher than that of other common edible oils, so olive oil can be used repeatedly without deterioration, and it is the most suitable oil for frying.

2. Baking and decocting with olive oil

Olive oil is also suitable for roasting, roasting, frying and boiling. When cooking with olive oil, the food will give off an attractive fragrance and make people mouth water. It is especially recommended to use olive oil for fried rice with eggs or baking.

3. Make sauces and condiments with olive oil

The purpose of using sauces is to bring out the taste of food, not to cover it up. Olive oil is the best oil component for cold sauce, which can protect the color of fresh sauce.

4. Marinate with olive oil

Marinate with olive oil before cooking, which can increase the delicacy of food and set off other spices to enrich the taste.

5. Use olive oil directly

When extra virgin olive oil is used directly, the characteristics of dishes will be brought into full play. You can use olive oil like salt, because extra virgin olive oil will make dishes taste rich and more delicious. You can also add extra virgin olive oil to any dish to balance foods with high acidity, such as lemon juice, wine vinegar, wine, tomatoes and so on. It can also make all kinds of flavors in food taste more harmonious. If you add some olive oil to a dish with spices, you will find it tastes better. Extra virgin olive oil may also make food more fragrant, smoother and more mellow.

6. Baking with olive oil

Olive oil is also suitable for baking bread and desserts. Olive oil tastes much better than cream and can be widely used in any dessert and bread.

7. Cook with olive oil

When cooking, pour a spoonful of olive oil to make the rice more fragrant and full of grains.

(2) olive oil beauty skin care and hair care encyclopedia

1. Beauty and beauty

After washing your face, gently massage it repeatedly with olive oil according to the beauty requirements, and then apply it with a face steamer or towel. It can remove dirt invisible to the naked eye in pores, increase the luster and elasticity of skin, eliminate fine wrinkles, and reduce or lighten pigmentation.

2. Four Seasons Skin Care

Applying olive oil to the cleaned skin surface is beneficial to keep moisture and nourish the skin, and eliminate and delay the appearance of wrinkles. Slow down skin aging. Wearing olive oil in summer can prevent ultraviolet rays from damaging the skin and avoid sunburn, skin explosion and peeling. Wipe your face, lips, hands and feet with olive oil in winter, which can moisturize and protect your skin and prevent rough and chapped skin. Massage with olive oil in the abdomen after delivery is helpful to eliminate stretch marks. Rub navel and abdomen with olive oil and massage by hand, which is helpful to degrade subcutaneous fat and lose weight.

3. Easily protect your lips

When the weather suddenly turns cold, you often suffer from peeling and cracking of your lips when you catch a cold or have a bad stomach. Just rub a little olive oil on your lips, and after two or three days, you can make your lips smooth again.

4. Beautiful hair care

Olive oil makes your hair like clouds. If young women have beautiful hair, they can add a little charm and be more lively and lovely. After shampooing, a small amount of warm water is injected into the washbasin, and a certain amount of olive oil is dripped (depending on the amount of hair and health), and the hair is directly and gently rubbed into the palm, which can make the hair soft, smooth and beautiful, prevent yellowing and peeling, and reduce dandruff. Wipe your head with olive oil, which can be absorbed by scalp and hair.

5. Beauty bath

After bathing, while the pores are open, spread olive oil all over your body, wrap it with a hot towel, and then rinse it with warm water ten minutes later. Medical beauty experts believe that "the skin of the neck is closest to the face". The neck should be wrapped with a small towel, especially the chin. This product should be used more.

6. Nutritional makeup

It can be used as foundation oil when making up, which can not only nourish the skin, but also prevent makeup powder from falling off and harmful substances in cosmetics from harming the skin. When unloading, lightly rubbing the face with olive oil can effectively remove oil paints and chemicals, which is conducive to removing harmful substances left on the face so that the face will not be eroded. After applying lipstick, a little olive oil can make lipstick more shiny and gorgeous. Commonly used olive oil to wipe nails can make nails shiny and transparent. Olive oil can also be used as a simple olive oil mask. Heat olive oil to about 37 degrees, add proper amount of honey, then soak gauze piece in the oil, take it out and cover it on your face. After 2 minutes, take it off to prevent skin aging, moisturize skin, remove spots and wrinkle, especially suitable for dry skin.

7 delicate hands

In winter, hands are often exposed to cold water and exposed to sunlight and polluted air, resulting in the loss and oxidation of oil moisture, so it is most likely to show aging. Although you tried your best to protect your pretty face, you accidentally put out a mottled, dry and rough hand and mercilessly announced your age secret. Ladies, if you knew the benefits of olive oil, you would never have such an embarrassing situation. Olive oil may care for your delicate hands. Soaking your hands in warm olive oil during special care for your hands every week can make your hands smooth and soft again. Massage your hands with olive oil can promote blood circulation, accelerate the delivery of nutrients to your hands, and reduce hand edema. If there are barbs on your fingers, you can soak them in olive oil after cutting them off, so as to prevent the skin from being too dry and the stratum corneum from cracking and regenerating the barbs.

8. Forget about dryness and itching

In the dry season, olive oil can prevent skin wrinkles and itching caused by too little skin secretion. Dry skin is most afraid of winter, and the low humidity weather makes your skin itchy and at a loss. Especially after bathing, there is a feeling of itching. So that you have to be careful in every procedure before and after bathing, otherwise it will be difficult to get rid of the annoying itch! If the skin is very dry, it is useless to use the moisturizer you usually use. At this time, you have to put on olive oil, because vitamins A, D and E in olive oil have therapeutic effects on wrinkles and skin allergies.

9. Care for the baby

The baby's skin is very delicate. Applying olive oil to underarms and buttocks can prevent the baby's skin from being flooded by urine or sweat.

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Scars are hard to see

After scalding with boiling water or hot oil, applying olive oil can relieve pain and promote healing, leaving no scars after healing.

(3) Olive oil and health

Oil that can be drunk directly! !

how to use olive oil for health care: drink 8ML-16ML on an empty stomach every morning. Or add milk, yogurt, honey and juice to take together. Special reminder, it is best to use Extra Virgin Olive Oil or olive oil with five or four stars for health care.

The results of scientific investigation prove that many health indicators of residents along the cliffs in the Mediterranean are among the highest in the world due to long-term consumption of olive oil. Using olive oil as cooking oil may form a truly healthy and reasonable dietary structure. The Mediterranean has become the region with the lowest incidence of three major diseases (cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, cancer and Alzheimer's disease) in the world; The incidence rate in Crete, Greece, which is rich in olive oil, is almost zero; These are all due to the magical health benefits of olive oil.

data from international olive oil council and the European union show that olive oil has the following health benefits:

1. promoting blood circulation

olive oil can prevent arteriosclerosis and its complications, hypertension, heart failure, renal failure and cerebral hemorrhage. There is a book entitled "Omega Healthy and Simple Longevity Plan" written by Dr. Artemis Simopoulos, which mentions that omega-6 fatty acids in edible oil will make arteries contract, thus forcing the heart to work overtime, resulting in high blood pressure. The omega-3 fatty acids in olive oil can increase the amount of nitric oxide, an important chemical. It can relax your arteries, thus preventing arterial injury caused by high blood pressure. In addition, omega-3 fatty acids can also prevent the formation of blood clots from two aspects. First of all, it can reduce the viscosity of platelets, so that platelets and fibrinogen are not easily intertwined; Secondly, omega-3 fatty acids can reduce the amount of fibrinogen, which greatly reduces the probability of thrombosis.

2. Improve the function of digestive system:

Olive oil contains unsaturated fatty acids higher than any vegetable oil, rich in fat-soluble vitamins such as vitamins A, D, E, F and K, antioxidants and other components, and contains no cholesterol, so the human body's digestive absorption rate is extremely high. It has the functions of reducing gastric acid and preventing gastritis and duodenal ulcer. It can also stimulate bile secretion and intensify the activity of pancreatic enzyme. The oil is degraded and absorbed by intestinal mucosa to reduce the occurrence of cholecystitis and gallstones.

3. Protect skin:

Olive oil is rich in squalene with excellent affinity to skin and fatty acids needed by human body, which can be absorbed quickly and effectively keep skin elastic and moist; Olive oil is rich in monounsaturated fatty acids, vitamins E, K, A, D and phenolic antioxidants, which can eliminate facial wrinkles, prevent skin aging, protect hair and prevent hand and foot wrinkles. It is an edible beauty and skin care product. In addition, applying olive oil to the skin can resist this external line and prevent skin cancer.

4. Improve the function of endocrine system:

Olive oil can improve the metabolic function of organisms. This is because olive oil contains more than 8% monounsaturated fatty acids and omega-3 fatty acids, and DHA in omega-3 fatty acids can increase the sensitivity of insulin. The higher the content of unsaturated fatty acids in cells, the more double bonds they have, and the stronger their activity. DHA with six double bonds is the most unsaturated fatty acid, which makes the cell membrane the most active. The more insulin receptors there are in the cell membrane with strong activity, the more sensitive they are to insulin. When the human body ingests a proper proportion of fatty acids, the metabolism will be more normal, and the probability of obesity and diabetes will be reduced. The latest research results show that the glucose content in healthy people can be reduced by 12% after eating olive oil. Therefore, olive oil has become the best edible oil for preventing and controlling diabetes.

5. Benefits to the skeletal system:

Natural antioxidants and omega-3 fatty acids in olive oil help the human body to absorb minerals, such as calcium, phosphorus and zinc, which can promote bone growth. In addition, omega-3 fatty acids help to maintain bone density and reduce bone osteoporosis caused by free radicals (highly active molecules).

6. Anti-cancer effect:

Because olive oil is rich in monounsaturated fatty acids and polyunsaturated fatty acids, omega-3 fatty acids in polyunsaturated fatty acids can reduce the amount of linoleic acid extracted from blood by cancer, which makes cancer quit a very needed nutrient. ω-3 fatty acids can also compete with ω-6 fatty acids for the enzymes needed by cancer metabolism, which makes the cancer cell membrane more unsaturated and easy to be destroyed, which can inhibit the growth of tumor cells and reduce the incidence of cancer. Therefore, it can prevent some cancers (breast cancer, prostate cancer, colon cancer, uterine cancer); In addition, omega-3 fatty acids (polyunsaturated fatty acids) can also increase the efficacy of radiotherapy and chemotherapy, which kill cells by attacking cell membranes through the explosion of free radicals (highly active molecules). When cells are damaged enough, cancer cells will self-destruct. Omega-3 fatty acids make the cell membrane more vulnerable to free radicals, thus increasing the efficacy of chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

7 Radiation protection:

Because olive oil contains polyphenols and lipopolysaccharide, it also has radiation protection function, so olive oil is often used to make astronaut food. Frequent users of computers regard it as a good product for health care and skin care.

8. Making baby food:

According to its composition and digestibility, olive oil is the most suitable oil for baby food. Half of the baby's calories come from the fat in the mother's milk. After weaning, the needed calories will be obtained through the fat in the diet. The ratio of linolenic acid to linoleic acid in olive oil is similar to that in breast milk, and it is easily absorbed, which can promote the growth and development of baby's nerves and bones. It is an excellent nutritional product and fetal growth agent for pregnant women and a good tonic for postpartum lactation.

9. Anti-aging:

Among many components of olive oil, carotene and chlorophyll give olive oil yellow-green, while chlorophyll plays a metabolic role, promoting cell growth and accelerating wound healing. It also helps to beautify people's appearance and reduce wrinkles. Experiments show that the antioxidants contained in olive oil can eliminate free radicals in the body, restore the health of human organs, prevent brain aging and prolong life.

1. Prevention of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases:

Olive oil can protect the cardiovascular system in many ways. A, it can prevent inflammation by reducing homocysteine (an amino acid that can damage coronary artery blood vessels) and reduce the damage to arterial wall. B, relax arteries and lower blood pressure by increasing the content of ammonia oxide in the body. C, monounsaturated fatty acids in olive oil can reduce the oxidation of LDA cholesterol. D, a substance called squalene contained in olive oil can oxidize the content of LDL (good cholesterol) and reduce the content of LDL (bad cholesterol). The more HDL cholesterol in the body, the less oxidized LDL cholesterol in the artery. The latest research proves that after middle-aged men take olive oil, the uneven cholesterol drops by 13%, and the dangerous "bad" cholesterol drops by 21%. E, olive oil can reduce the speed of blood clot formation by increasing the content of omega-3 fatty acids in the body.

Therefore, olive oil is suitable for people of all ages:

For babies, olive oil helps to balance metabolism and promote the development of children's nervous system, bones and brain.

For adults, it helps to prevent diseases such as arteriosclerosis, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and digestive system disorders.

For the elderly, olive oil has a good preventive effect on osteoporosis. It may slow down the changes of cell decay, thus delaying aging.

For women, olive oil contains a variety of nutrients, which are very powerful for the skin. It is a safe and reliable beauty product and is praised as "the oil of beauty" in the west.