First of all, cholesterol is very important for the composition of cell membranes. Adults need to limit the intake of cholesterol, not because cholesterol is useless, but because the daily intake of adults usually exceeds the demand and reaches a harmful level. Olive oil is not only suitable for cold salad, but also for cooking, and it is more suitable for cooking than other vegetable oils.

Refined olive oil is the oil made from the pomace of virgin olive oil, which is pressed several times, but it destroys the nutrients of olive oil after high temperature. He only provides essential fatty acids for human body, which is suitable for high-temperature cooking and can be used for cooking. Olive oil can be roughly divided into two categories: virgin and refined. Most of the olive oil sold in the market is virgin olive oil, which is squeezed by physical methods, has low smoke point and high nutritional value, and is suitable for direct consumption such as cold salad smearing. For olive oil, maybe everyone, like me, has come into contact with some blended oils containing olive oil, such as a blended oil of olive oil and olive oil written by the brand name, but in fact, the proportion of olive oil is not much, about 1%;

Generally speaking, olive oil is rich in monounsaturated fatty acids, which is more stable than soybean oil and corn oil rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids, so it is suitable for all kinds of cooking. Olive oil is rich in monounsaturated fatty acids and low in polyunsaturated fatty acids, so the oil is relatively stable and not easy to oxidize. It is found that monounsaturated fatty acids are beneficial to reducing blood lipids or not increasing the burden of blood lipids. Extra virgin olive oil is a "natural juice" directly squeezed from olive fruits and can be directly drunk.

Reducing blood fat: Because it is rich in unsaturated fatty acids, it can improve the activities of lipoprotein lipase and LDL receptor, accelerate fat metabolism and inhibit fat synthesis, thus achieving the effect of reducing blood fat. Olive trees were first born on the Mediterranean coast, where olive oil was extracted and eaten thousands of years ago. It has achieved the highest quality edible oil and has a global reputation as "liquid gold".