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YourHealth<br />
BenefitsofOliveOil<br />
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BY:MohammadAlamgir<br />
hehealthbenetsofoliveoilareunrivaled,and<br />
researchrevealsmorebenetsnearlyeveryday.<br />
Infact,weareonlyjustbeginningtounderstandthe<br />
countleswaysoliveoilcanimproveourhealthandour<br />
lives.OliveoilisthecornerstoneoftheMediteraneandiet<br />
— an esentialnutritionalmainstay forthe world’s<br />
longest-livingcultures.<br />
Populationsfrom thatregionhavelongerlifeexpectancies<br />
andlowerrisksofheartdisease,highbloodpresure,and<br />
stroke. Monounsaturated faty acids (MUFAs) are<br />
consideredahealthydietaryfat,asopposedtosaturated<br />
fatsandtransfats.<br />
Oliveoilisafatobtainedfrom thefruitoftheOleaeuropaea<br />
(olive tree),a traditional tree crop of the<br />
Mediteraneanregion,wherewholeolivesarepresedto<br />
produceoliveoil.<br />
Theoilisusedincosmetics,medicine,cooking,andsoaps,<br />
andwasalsousedasafuelfortraditionallamps.Although<br />
originatingintheMediteraneancountries,todayitisused<br />
worldwide.Greecehasthehighestoliveoilintakeper<br />
personintheworld.<br />
Overthelast50years,therehavebeenthousandsof<br />
studiesexaminingthehealthbenetsofoliveoil.Beloware<br />
someexamples:<br />
Health<br />
Oliveoilandthecardiovascularsystem<br />
OliveoilisthemainsourceofdietaryfatinMediteranean<br />
diets,whichisasociatedwithalow deathratefrom<br />
cardiovasculardiseasecomparedtootherpartsofthe<br />
world.<br />
Thestudyfoundthatpeoplewhoregularlyconsumeolive<br />
oilaremuchleslikelytodevelopcardiovasculardiseases,<br />
includinghypertension(highbloodpresure),stroke,and<br />
hyperlipidemia(highbloodcholesterolandtriglyceride<br />
levels).<br />
Regularoliveoilintakehelpsreduceinammation,endothelialdysfunction(problemswiththeinnerliningsof<br />
bloodvesels)thrombosisandcarbohydratemetabolism.<br />
Thegoodnesoftheoilstartstoshowaneffectfrom the<br />
rstdayofconsumption.Researchindicatesthatpeople<br />
whoconsumetheoilintheirfoodhavelesercardiovascularisuestofaceandseldom<br />
visitthedoctor.
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