The Healthy Oil

Some of the reasons Extra Virgin Olive Oil is good for you

The health benefits of olive oil:

• Olive oil contains high levels of monounsaturated fat, which helps to lower blood cholesterol and reduce your chance of heart disease when you eat it instead of saturated fat in your diet.
• Extra virgin olive oils are high in a wide variety of antioxidants that are not found in other oils. These antioxidants help protect against heart disease and cancer. Robust or early-harvest oils are generally higher in antioxidants than the milder, riper oils.
• Diets rich in olive oil instead of other fats or oils may help reduce blood clotting and ultimately heart disease.
• Epidemiological studies suggest that olive oil has a protective effect against certain malignant tumours in the breast, prostate, endometrium and digestive tract. Research has revealed that the “type” rather than the “quantity” of fat seems to have more implications for cancer incidence. This could be related to oleic acid, which is the predominant mono-unsaturated fatty acid in olive oil.
• An olive oil rich diet is not only a good alternative in the treatment of diabetes; it may also help to prevent or delay the onset of the disease by preventing insulin resistance and its possible harmful implications by raising HDL cholesterol, lowering triglycerides, and ensuring better blood sugar level control and lower blood pressure.
• Like all other fats and oils olive oil is high in calories which could suggest that it would contribute to obesity. However, evidence shows that there is less obesity amongst Mediterranean people, who consume the most olive oil in the world. It has been demonstrated that an olive oil rich diet leads to greater and long lasting weight loss than a low fat diet. Olive oil tastes good and it is a stimulus to eat vegetables and pulses.
• Olive oil bolsters the immune system against external attacks from microorganisms, bacteria or viruses. The fatty acids in olive oil are good allies in lowering important immunological parameters.
• Olive oil is also good for the stomach, hepato-bilary system, pancreas, and intestines. It helps with anti-aging, osteoporosis, cognitive function and skin damage. It is also beneficial to consume olive oil during pregnancy and whilst breast feeding.

For more detailed reports on the above claims, visit the International Olive Oil Council website www.internationaloliveoil.org

Chapman Hill Extra Virgin Olive Oil is available in three single varietal releases: Frantoio, Leccino and New Norcia.
 

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