Health benefits
The health benefits of Evo oil ...
Extra virgin olive oil is not only delicious, but it is very good: for millennia, even before having scientific evidence, man has always resorted to its use for curative and medicinal purposes. The properties of the oil, magnified by the “extra virgin olive” variety (both for quality and for the pressing and conservation processes), affect the entire body.
Extra virgin olive oil contains vitamins, antioxidants, phytosterols and monounsaturated fatty acids. A nutritional composition that makes it a product of great importance for our body, provided that it is consumed in small doses.
The content of monounsaturated fatty acids (mainly oleic acid) eliminates the harmful effect of other foods containing polyunsaturated fatty acids. The antioxidant molecular content of extra virgin olive oil helps prevent the formation of free radicals in the early stages, thus protecting the cell from oxidation (anti-aging).
And many other benefits
The content of monounsaturated fatty acids (mainly oleic acid) eliminates the harmful effect of other foods containing polyunsaturated fatty acids. The antioxidant molecular content of extra virgin olive oil helps prevent the formation of free radicals in the early stages, thus protecting the cell from oxidation (anti-aging).
Extra virgin olive oil has been recognized as having a particular protective action in cardiovascular diseases, thanks to the presence of oleic acid.
In extra virgin olive oil there is a substance baptized as OLEOCANTALE which acts just like common non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, inhibiting cyclooxygenase (COX), an inflammatory enzyme.
Finally, a study on individuals aged between 70 and 90 who followed the Mediterranean diet showed that there was a reduction in mortality from cardiovascular diseases and cancers of more than 50%.
Prevents cardiovascular disease
Due to its particular composition, in particular for the content of monounsaturated fatty acids (mainly oleic acid), it eliminates the harmful effect of other foods containing polyunsaturated fatty acids.
Laxative and pain reliever
Not everyone knows that this oil is also slightly laxative and that due to the presence of oleocanthal, it also has an anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving function. In particular it is effective in cases of joint pain.
Antioxidant
One of the main properties of the oil is that of being an antioxidant, due to the phenols and tocopherols it contains, capable of effectively counteracting free radicals.
Friend of the brain
Olive oil helps to delay mental deterioration and therefore to keep neurological diseases such as Alzheimer’s at bay.
Anticancer
Recent studies have highlighted how people who regularly consume extra virgin olive oil are less likely to develop cancer, due to the fact that it contains oleic acid, antioxidants, flavonoids, polyphenols and squalene.
Diabetes
The fatty acids in extra virgin olive oil help regulate blood sugar levels and insulin production: it is therefore an ally against diabetes.
Blood pressure
Consumed in moderation, the oil can be useful for keeping blood pressure under control.
Ally against cholesterol
Extra virgin olive oil helps to regulate the level of cholesterol in the blood, increasing the level of the good one and promoting the elimination of the bad one.
Precious for the beauty of your body
Extra virgin olive oil has great antioxidant properties: its natural composition protects against the action of free radicals and prevents the effects of deterioration of skin tissues, with a marked prevention of dryness and wrinkles of the skin; nourishes, hydrates, and soothes irritation and redness.
It has an exceptional yield in moisturizing dry skin and face in mature age, or in the case of sensitive skin; in particular, during pregnancy it helps to keep the skin supple and to prevent stretch marks. It also has strong healing qualities in cases of eczema, psoriasis, herpes.
Extra virgin olive oil can be used alone or mixed with other essential oils such as lavender essential oil, which increases the properties of olive oil; mixed, on the other hand, with Jojoba oil it is an excellent sun oil.
Extra virgin olive oil is used for almost all moisturizing creams for the hands, face and body, in massage oils, lip glosses, in all cleansing products for the body; extra virgin olive oil is also the main ingredient in Marseille and Aleppo soap.
Finally, it is also included in all beauty and nail and hair care products; an effective mask for scalp irritated by color or other is based on extra virgin olive oil with shea butter melted in a bain marie, with the addition of a few drops of cypress essential oil, to be prepared at home.
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