Olive oil is made from fresh olive fruit by direct cold pressing, without heating and chemical treatment, and retains natural nutrients. Olive oil is considered to be the most suitable oil for human nutrition among the oils found so far. Olive oil and olive pomace have a history of thousands of years in Mediterranean coastal countries. They are known as "liquid gold", "queen of vegetable oil" and "Mediterranean manna" in the west because of their excellent natural health care effect, beauty effect and ideal cooking use.

The outstanding feature of olive oil is that it contains a lot of monounsaturated fatty acids. Monounsaturated fatty acids can not only provide heat energy for human body, but also regulate the ratio of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol to low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in human plasma, improve the level of high-density lipoprotein HDL (good cholesterol) and reduce the level of low-density lipoprotein LDL (bad cholesterol) in human body, thus preventing excessive alcohol in human bladder.

Therefore, for people who are used to eating meat food, resulting in excessive intake of saturated fatty acids and cholesterol, choosing olive oil as edible oil can effectively play its function of reducing blood fat, thus preventing hyperlipidemia and fatty liver, protecting the heart and helping to reduce the risk of diseases such as hypertension, coronary heart disease and stroke.

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nutritional ingredient

Olive oil is rich in monounsaturated fatty acid-oleic acid, as well as vitamins A, B, D, E, K and antioxidants. Olive oil is considered to be the most suitable oil for human nutrition among the oils found so far.

Health care efficacy

Olive oil also has the following health functions:

1. It can improve the function of digestive system, promote bile secretion and strengthen pancreatic enzyme activity, which can prevent and treat gastric ulcer, duodenal ulcer and biliary tract diseases.

2. Anti-aging and Nina Li Chi brain strengthening can slow down the deterioration of nerve cell function and brain atrophy in the elderly, thus preventing and delaying the occurrence of Alzheimer's disease.

3. Anti-cancer can reduce the occurrence of cancer and enhance the therapeutic effect of radiotherapy and chemotherapy for cancer patients.

4. Radiation protection People who often use computers and watch TV should also eat regularly.

5. It can enhance the absorption of mineral calcium by bones and help prevent osteoporosis.

6. The nutritional composition of olive oil is similar to that of breast milk, which is easy to absorb and can promote the nerve and bone development of infants. It is an excellent nutrition for pregnant women and parturients.

7. Women often eat olive oil, which can enhance the elasticity of skin and get the effect of moisturizing and beautifying: there is an island called Crete in the Mediterranean, and the incidence of stroke, cancer and Alzheimer's disease among the residents on the island is the lowest in the world, with almost no heart disease and long life span.

The World Health Organization believes that one reason is that the island is rich in olives, and residents have always used olive oil as their daily cooking oil. At present, the healthy diet mode most admired by foreign nutritionists is "Mediterranean diet", which is an important part of the Mediterranean diet, that is, residents eat olive oil every day.

Three kinds of olive oil on the market

Origin oil

(regional oil): refers to olive fruit selected from a specific planting area of a country. The general product label will indicate the variety and specific planting place of olive fruit. Some planting areas have obtained the protection of origin (PDO) designated by the European Union because of their unique fruit varieties, geographical characteristics and strict processing methods. This kind of oil is more expensive because of its unique flavor and rich fruit fragrance. Usually, the oil of origin is sold in olive oil specialty stores and is deeply loved by the middle class.

industrial oil

(Bulk Oil): Most of these industrial oils are sold in supermarkets. Italy and Spain are the largest sources of this industrial oil. They buy barrels of crude oil at low prices from major producing areas in the world and then blend them. This kind of olive oil has no planting place on the label, only the origin of the bottle is indicated. Because industrial oil is blended according to a unified formula, it generally tastes uniform, but because of its low price, it is very popular among ordinary consumers.

Manor oil

(Manor Oil): It means that its olive fruit comes from its own plantation. Hand-picked, on-site oil extraction, immediately bottled, so manor oil is the best in olive oil, high quality. This oil is basically sold directly by the plantation itself. Although extremely expensive, it is still sought after by olive oil lovers.

References:

Olive oil _ Baidu Encyclopedia