Have you seen the cooking oil section in your local supermarket lately? The range is huge, and it can be mind boggling trying to work out which ones make a good contribution to your diet, which ones have the right credentials in terms of nutrition and which ones are pure fat that will go straight to your hips! The good news is that there is a really a simple answer to this – using olive oil is far better for your wellness and wellbeing than any of the other types of oil!
Olive oil has numerous health benefits, including the fact that it actually reduces your blood pressure. A recent study was carried out which proved that virgin olive oil resulted in a reduction in the need for blood pressure medication.
Cholesterol can also be benefitted by the use of olive oil, as recent studies have shown that using olive oil can significantly reduce your body’s levels of harmful cholesterol. On top of this, olive oil has also been shown to increase the body’s levels of good cholesterol!
Olive oil is known to be good for your heart, too. The American Heart Association has backed this, stating that olive oil provides numerous benefits for a healthy heart.
It’s not just the heart and blood that can benefit from the use of olive oil; further studies have shown that there are links between the use of olive oil and the body’s ability to fight or protect itself against cancer.
A study on rats showed that those fed a diet high in olive oil produced few cancerous tumours, despite being fed carcinogens, too. In another study, it was shown that olive oil could help to prevent colon cancer by helping to protect the digestive system. Olive oil reduces bile acid in the stomach and this can lead to a reduction in the rates of colon cancer.