Olive oil is the only edible vegetable oil cold pressed from fresh fruit, which contains all the nutrients in the fresh olive fruit. Olive oil can be eaten both cold and hot. Because olive oil is obtained by mechanical cold pressing of fresh fruits, it contains nutrients, including various vitamins, which are not destroyed, and it has a very good nutritional value when consumed cold. The main component of olive oil is oleic acid which contains a double bond, therefore, olive oil is stronger in high temperature resistance than fats with multiple double bonds. It is said that the Italians use olive oil for all high-temperature fried foods, with less loss of nutrients.
Two, olive oil and digestion
Olive oil fat is liquid, its particles are smaller than other vegetable oils, so it is easy to be digested and absorbed. If the absorption rate of olive oil is 100%, then the absorption rate of sunflower oil is 83%, peanut oil is 81%, sesame oil is 57%, and corn oil is only 37%. Olive oil can reduce stomach acid whether it is cold or hot fried food, on gastritis, duodenal ulcer effective prevention and treatment. Olive oil is most easily digested and absorbed by the stomach and intestines, and has the function of laxative and making the intestinal tract unobstructed. The elderly often intestinal peristalsis function is insufficient, and olive oil has the effect of improving intestinal peristalsis. Therefore, the elderly often eat olive oil is the most appropriate. Olive oil also has a very good complementary therapeutic effect on children with gastrointestinal system dysfunction. Olive oil can stimulate the secretion of bile, mediate the excretion of the gallbladder, to prevent the decline of gallbladder function. Regular consumption of olive oil people rarely have gallstones patients.
Three, olive oil and cardiovascular disease
Mediterranean coastal countries, especially Greece, has long been consuming a large amount of olive oil, people found that the number of deaths caused by cardiovascular disease there is very low. The reason for this is that the consumption of olive oil does not increase the total amount of cholesterol in the blood of the human body, but increases the high concentration of lipoproteins. The result is a reduction in the risk of myocardial infarction. In addition, olive oil prevents the polymerization of platelets in the human body, thus reducing the risk of arterial thrombosis. Scientific studies have proved that long-term consumption of olive oil can enhance the function of the human heart. Lower blood pressure, reduce and prevent the occurrence of cardiovascular diseases.
Four, olive oil and cancer
There are about 60 million cancer patients every year around the world, and the death rate is very high. Olive oil contains α-tocopherol (Ve) and squalene, with high biological activity and antioxidant effect, can enhance the body's immune function, prevent the formation of free radicals associated with cancer, improve the body's anti-tumor ability to improve the chemotherapy process to kill cancer cells.
Fifth, olive oil and bones and nervous system
Olive oil with its most balanced chemical composition in the edible oils and is conducive to the normal development of bones. The fatty acid fraction of olive oil is similar to that of human milk, and the linoleic acid is almost the same as that found in human milk. Oleic acid in the two double bond linoleic acid and three double bond linoleic acid unsaturated fatty acids, known as essential fatty acids, the human body can not synthesize their own, rely on the external supply. It has the ability to promote human growth and development, protect the skin, can improve the reproductive and urinary system function.
Olive oil contains β-sitosterol has a special role in the degradation and excretion of cholesterol. But the total content of polydouble bond unsaturated fatty acids (linoleic acid and linoleic acid) is not the more the better. According to most medical and nutritional experts in Italy and other countries, the total content of polydouble-bonded unsaturated fatty acids should not be more than 8%, and the calories produced by them should not exceed 1--2% of the calories needed by the human body. The content of polyunsaturated fatty acids in olive oil is moderate, not exceeding 8%. It meets the needs of the human body without causing excessive oxidation and accumulation in the body, and with the most balanced chemical composition, it is beneficial to human health. Therefore, olive oil is the ideal fat for the appetite of pregnant and lactating women. It favors the normal development of the brain and nervous system of the fetus and infant. It has a good preventive effect on brain function and tissue aging due to ageing. Consumption of olive oil can also effectively prevent osteoporosis in the elderly, senile dementia and slow down human aging.
Six, oil olive oil skin care and beauty function
Olive oil after purification and refinement is widely used in the field of cosmetics. Currently in France and other countries, with olive oil developed cosmetic products, has a unique beauty function and pure natural features. It is recognized as the best product in the field of cosmetics. Olive oil is used in the treatment of skin diseases, especially for the treatment of skin burns and burns disease has a significant therapeutic effect, the cure does not leave scars.
Seven, olive oil in other areas of use
Olive oil in the industrial aspects of the application is also relatively wide. In addition to the manufacture of canned food, in the dairy industry, used as skimmed milk powder within the supplementary fat, in the pharmaceutical manufacturing, olive oil can be used as a variety of vitamins or antimicrobial injections of solvents and the preparation of a variety of easy to be absorbed by the skin ointment. It is used to formulate pus removing medicines for trauma and ointments for burns and scalds. The olives are used in the manufacture of salted or candied fruits and canned foods. The waste liquid from the oil extraction can be used to cultivate protein-rich yeasts; to make wine; and the leaves can be used to extract antibiotics and to make olea europaea tea.
I, hair care:
Smear olive oil on dry hair, and then wrapped in a hot towel, 20min after washing off with normal shampooing procedures. This kind of dd are directly smeared on the hair, it is best to stay away from the roots of the hair a little bit to put I think ~ ~ ~ before washing your hair Apply olive oil Place 5-20 minutes Then wash your hair according to the normal shampooing order Otherwise, just rinse the water and oil is not rinsed clean. There is also olive oil hair care, they say that the heating effect is good, I thought of a more convenient heating method, is to take a wet towel into the microwave, high heat for a minute or two, and then covered in hair. If you have two towels to replace the use, the efficiency will be higher.
2, skin care methods:
1: After washing your face, gently massage with a little pure olive oil, then use a facial steamer or hot towel. This can remove the dirt inside the pores that can not be seen with the naked eye, adhere to this can maintain the luster and elasticity of the skin, remove fine wrinkles.
2: In the clean skin on top of the application of olive oil, beneficial to maintain moisture and moisturize the skin, eliminating and delaying the appearance of wrinkles, slowing down the aging of the skin.
3: In the shower will be clean, to cotton soaked in olive oil coated all over the body, with a hot towel or plastic wrap wrapped all over the body, after ten minutes and then rinse with warm water. Medical beauty experts believe that: the neck skin is closest to the face, so the neck should be wrapped in a small strip of towel, especially the chin part of the olive oil to use more.
4: Before we put on makeup with olive oil as foundation oil, both can nourish the skin, but also can prevent powder off;
5: Makeup removal with olive oil gently massage the face, can be effective in removing the oil and cosmetics, so that our face is not eroded;
6: Olive oil can be used as a baby's skincare products, and is considered by Westerners to be the skincare products that can be eaten!
7: in the mouth a thin layer of olive oil, and then wipe lip balm can be I used to have a dry mouth to crack, now it's very good
8: olive oil massage black nose, very effective. But use a shrinking water one when you're done.
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Introduces several olive oil skin beauty methods:
1) Makeup remover: Makeup remover, a few drops of olive oil on the finger, gently massage with the fingertips, and then use a facial steamer or towel, can remove the pores of the dirt invisible to the naked eye, to increase the luster and elasticity of the skin, nourish the skin, remove small wrinkles.
2) Daily lip care: use a cotton swab dipped in a small amount of olive oil evenly coated lips, helpful to maintain moisture, eliminating and delaying the appearance of lip lines, to prevent the lips from peeling cracked. The weather suddenly turned cold, cold or bad stomach, often for the lips peeling cracked distress, as long as a small amount of rubbed on the product, two or three days after the lips can make the lips become smooth again.
3) daily skin care: after cleansing the skin coated with this product, is beneficial to maintain moisture and moisturize the skin, eliminating and delaying the appearance of wrinkles, slowing down the skin aging rate.
4) daily hair care: after shampooing, inject a small amount of this product in the basin, a number of rinsing, the oil will be evenly adhered to the hair, or drop in the palm of the hand directly rubbed into the hair, commonly used to make the hair become glossy and beautiful, to prevent the hair from yellowing fork.
4) olive oil bath: bath will be cleaned, to cotton dip this product, coated all over the body, wrapped in a hot towel, ten minutes later and then rinse again with warm water can be.
5) Anti-cracking and anti-itching: in the dry fall and winter, can prevent skin chapping and sebum secretion caused by itching, but also to take care of the baby's skin, in the baby's armpits and buttocks and so on coated with this product, you can prevent the baby's skin from being drowned in urine or sweat drowning.
8) hot summer, olive oil is the best sunscreen massage oil, before and after swimming, with olive oil coated the whole body, can be extremely effective delicate skin.
9) Base oil: and essential oil with the use of family SPA, is the most affordable base oil.
Do home SPA, olive oil and essential oil blending, can be anti-aging:
Recipe 1: rose 2 drops + cinnamon 1 drop + olive oil 10ml
Recipe 2: frankincense 1 drop + cinnamon 1 drop + rose 1 drop + olive oil 10ml
The mention of olive oil, people think of the use of frying vegetables. In fact, there are many other uses for olive oil that are not well known, such as for hair care, moisturizing the eyes, making masks, sunscreen and so on. Is not want to know right away? Here we come to see these strange and different uses of olive oil, I believe that from now on you will be impressed by it. In fact, as early as the ancient Greek era, people have regarded olive oil (Olive Oil) as a good natural beauty materials, and applied to skin care and moisturizing hair. In modern times, many skin care products are made of olive oil as the main ingredient, moisturizing and anti-wrinkle function is first-class, but also dry skin maintenance magic.
Olive oil diet
Olive oil contains vitamin E, easy to be absorbed by the skin, which helps to maintain the beauty of the female body. When bathing, first wash the body, then cotton soaked olive oil all over the body, and then wrapped in a hot towel, 10 minutes later, then rinse with warm water once can be.
Compared with other vegetable oils, olive oil is more viscous. This viscosity gives the skin a good adherence and prevents the evaporation of skin moisture. So whether you are facing the summer sun or the winter wind, olive oil is the best skin care products.
1. Makeup. Women who often wear makeup must have this experience: when they are too tired from work or lack of sleep, it is not easy to apply makeup. At this point, you can turn to olive oil. The method is in the basic cosmetics 1 to 2 drops of olive oil, rubbed evenly on the face, the skin immediately became bright and vivid.
2. Dressing. First use warm water to wash the face of the oil, to dry towel gently wipe off the water, and then use cotton dipped in olive oil, all over the face. The more olive oil penetration, the better the effect, so use both hands to gently massage the face, the purpose is to increase the penetration of olive oil. After 10 to 15 minutes, use a hot towel to apply the oil to your face, and finally wipe it off gently with a dry towel.
Many uses:
Legend has it that Cleopatra, the ancient Egyptian Cleopatra, used olive oil to rub all over her body every morning, and her delicate skin and dark hair not only made the world envious, but also conquered the overbearing Julius Caesar. Contemporary those famous stars can have a healthy body and youthful appearance also benefit from the nourishment of olive oil. Olive oil has the effect of skin care is an indisputable fact.
1 beauty face:
1), after washing the face, with "olive oil + salt" repeated gently massage face, scrub, moisturizing effect. Then use a facial steamer or hot towel, remove the dirt inside the pores that can not be seen by the naked eye, increase the luster and elasticity of the skin. Or put a quarter cup of olive oil into the microwave oven slightly heated out, until the temperature is moderate and evenly applied to the face, can effectively regulate dry and sensitive skin.
2), the face, first with warm water to the face of the oil wash, with a dry towel gently wipe off the water, and then cotton dipped in olive oil, all over the face, after 10 to 15 minutes, with a hot towel, and finally a dry towel to gently wipe can be.
3), 50 milliliters of milk, add 4-5 drops of virgin olive oil, with the right amount of flour to mix well on the face, retained for 20 minutes after washing with water, long-term use, can increase the vitality and elasticity of the skin.
4), an egg beaten, add half a lemon juice and a little coarse salt, mix well, and then the native olive oil slowly added to the egg juice, so that the two are mixed evenly. Weekdays can be stored in the refrigerator, do one to two times a week, not only can prevent wrinkles, but also to promote the smoothness of the skin.
5), is a spoonful of sugar and virgin olive oil mixed into a mask, used three times a week, shrink pores, whiten the skin.
2 Beautiful hands:
On the back of our hands there are only very few sebaceous glands, and often exposed in our daily life, so we need to regularly replenish the moisture and oil, otherwise, the skin will easily become dry. Whether it's summer or winter, it's recommended that you keep a bottle of virgin olive oil handy to moisturize your hands when you wash them or when they feel dry to keep them soft and supple. Once a week, give your hands a special treatment by massaging them with a small amount of scrub for 10-15 minutes to remove dead skin and then soak them in warm virgin olive oil for 5 minutes.
3 Manicure:
Mash a quarter of a ripe avocado into a puree and mix it with a tablespoon of virgin olive oil, then apply it to your nails, wait for 15 minutes and then wash it off with warm water.
4 Lip protection:
When the weather suddenly turns cold, cold or gastrointestinal problems, people often appear lips peeling and dry cracked, then, as long as the application of a small amount of olive oil, two or three days after you can make your lips become glossy again. Usage: before going to bed at night with a hot towel on the lips, and then use a cotton pad dipped in olive oil to cover the lips, the next day up and is pink and moving people. Especially for people who have to wear lipstick every day need this to maintain lips. Now there are many women with olive oil to replace lip gloss, so that the lips bright natural gloss.
5 Skin care:
Skin is dry in the fall and winter seasons, especially in the joints of the hands, feet and hips and other parts of the skin are prone to dryness and wrinkles, olive oil has a moisturizing and maintenance effect, can make the skin to restore the natural elasticity. In ordinary dry time can be rubbed three times a week, especially dry days can be rubbed daily.
6 Hair care:
General hair care is very simple, just comb your hair before the comb on three or four drops of olive oil can be, and will not make the hair greasy. In addition, after washing your hair, dry your hair as you would with a conditioner, then evenly coat your hair with olive oil, and then wrap your hair in a hot towel for 10 minutes, and you can make your hair shiny and silky. Or add a few drops of olive oil to the conditioner can make the hair get deep care, when soaking in the bathtub when the conditioning conditioner smoothly combed into the hair, and then do not care about it, the bathtub out of the steam will help the conditioner penetration.
7 Apply and remove makeup: Usage: To apply makeup, put 1 to 2 drops of olive oil in basic cosmetics, rub it and apply it evenly on the face, and the skin immediately becomes bright and vivid; to remove makeup, put two drops of olive oil on a cotton pad to remove makeup, and it removes stubborn makeup, including makeup labeled as waterproof.
8 Remove stretch marks: Use a spoonful of olive oil to rub on the stretch marks, gently massage, long-term persistence, can remove stretch marks, or make it shallow.
9 Anti-corner wrinkles: Usage: eye wrinkles, to deal with annoying fine lines, crow's feet or fine lines under the eyes, you can use two drops of olive oil with a little aloe vera gel mixing and wipe in the fine lines, once coated up on the absorption, and immediately can not see the lines (out of the house when you don't have to wash off can be directly on the makeup).
10 bath: with olive oil bath? It's too much of a luxury! But that's how the great beauty Sophia Loren keeps her skin moisturized and elastic. But we do not want to waste it, just soak cotton with olive oil, evenly spread all over the body, then wrap it in a hot towel for 10 minutes and wash with warm water.
11 Moisturize the body: after a bath in a cup of water add some olive oil mix evenly, and then showered on each part of the body, and then appropriate massage, you can make the skin smoother.
12 Slimming: high purity cold pressed extra virgin olive oil can be directly consumed, helps to promote the body's metabolism and excretion, olive oil contains vitamin E, easy to be absorbed by the skin, which helps to maintain the beauty of women's body. It not only aids in digestion, but also prevents constipation, making it effective for weight loss. Remember to drink two spoons of olive oil on an empty stomach before breakfast every day, the effect of weight loss is very ideal.
13 Sun protection: olive oil makes it easy to absorb ultraviolet rays without burning the skin. So in the case of the sun but the sun is not very strong, you can apply olive oil sunscreen.
14 Decontamination: Olive oil can also be used as a detergent to remove dirt, especially suitable for use in the ears, navel and other places. It is also a great makeup remover oil that thoroughly cleanses the skin and prevents makeup from remaining in the pores and causing blockages.
15 Foot care: It is said that this is the professional models foot care "secret recipe": to the feet on the film. Sea salt and olive oil in the ratio of 2:1 blend, fully massaged feet, and then towel dry; to the feet massage. Add a few drops of olive oil to petroleum jelly, mix and can be used to give feet massage. Against foot calluses, calluses on the soles of the feet, in addition to try to choose the quality of soft, low-heeled shoes, commonly used nourishing oil to moisturize the soles of the feet is also very important to choose the native olive oil in the evening when you go to bed coated with the soles of the feet, wearing cotton socks, so that the heat to help the pores to open, the oil is absorbed and make the skin on the feet to become soft and smooth,
the next day, get up after the use of pumice stone friction callus parts, and finally washed with lukewarm water. Care once a week, you can see the obvious effect
◆ Infants. Babies' skin is very delicate, applying olive oil on the armpits and buttocks can prevent the baby's skin from being drowned in urine or sweat.
◆ Sun protection. Summer or outdoor work rub olive oil, can prevent ultraviolet damage to the skin, to avoid sunburn, skin burst. If the skin is sunburned and red, immediately apply olive oil, can make the skin quickly restore health.
◆ Scars. Olive oil can promote the growth of epithelial tissue, can be used for burns, scalded wounds protection, without scarring.