All You Need to Know about Olive Oil

Many people are not aware of the usage of olive oil for health and beauty. In fact, if it is traced one by one, we could be surprised by the usefulness of this vegetable oil.

As reported by Reuters, people who consume olive oil regularly can avoid the danger of cancer. This is proved by the research with 182 people as samples.

The results mentioned, olive oil can reduce levels of secondary metabolic results and it can be a factor on triggering the cancer cells. Therefore, the researchers recommend European to include olive oil as part of their diet.

Dr Henrik E Poulsen of Copenhagen University Hospital, Danish, strongly recommend to replace the animal fats contained in butter and meat with vegetable fats, particularly olive oil. "Olive oil contains phenols which are believed as cancer-preventing antioxidants," he explained.

In addition to the anticancer, olive oil also contains vitamin E which is very useful to maintain skin elasticity. By consuming olive oil, our skin will be tighter, smoother, and healthier. Of course it is supported also with the good care.

In addition, olive oil is also useful to moisten dry skin when it is used as a mask. Another benefit is that it can protect the skin from bad effects of the sun. It is said that the queen and princess in ancient Greece use olive oil for their beauty rituals.

Why does it so? Because this oil is proved efficaciously can make the skin looks smoother and younger. In fact, single-saturated oil content extremely useful in removing black stains on the skin.

Each olive fruit contains 80 % water, 15 % of oil, 1 % of protein, carbohydrate, and fiber. In addition, olive oil also contains omega-9 which is closely related to cholesterol. Omega 9 can suppress levels of low density lipoprotein (LDL), aka bad cholesterol and raise levels of high density lipoprotein (HDL) or good cholesterol. Therefore, olive oil is also highly recommended in dietary cholesterol and heart patients.