Health care use of olive oil
Drink 8 ml-16 ml on an empty stomach every morning, or take it together with milk, yogurt, honey and juice. Note: Olive cooking oil, pomace, low purity and low quality olive oil are not suitable for oral administration.
Do you know that during the 10 days when the Spanish Real Madrid football team, which has the most luxurious lineup in the world, visited China, almost all their dishes were made of olive oil? Cooking oil or blended oil, which is often used by domestic chefs, was rejected by Real Madrid on the grounds that "long-term use will easily lead to weight gain of players and be harmful to health". (See the article "Life with Real Madrid" in the 74th issue of Football Weekly in August 2003)
Most people in China are still unfamiliar with olive oil. Most people only know to eat olive fruit as a snack, or know that bodybuilders will put olive oil on their bodies during competitions, and may even know olive vegetables. Since the Athens Olympic Games, people in China have improved their knowledge of olive trees and olive oil, but they still don't know much about what olive oil is, what it is used for, how to eat it and how to identify good olive oil. This website will give you a detailed introduction.
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Olive oil has a history of thousands of years in Mediterranean countries. It is known as "liquid gold", "queen of vegetable oil" and "Mediterranean nectar" in the west because of its excellent natural health care effect, beauty effect and ideal cooking use. Edible high-grade olive oil is a natural fruit oil juice extracted from fresh or mature olives by physical cold pressing process. It is the only woody plant oil in the world that is eaten by people in a natural state. It originated in the coastal countries of China. Humans have been cultivated for thousands of years. According to statistics, in the Bible, "olives"-that is, "olives"-appeared more than 200 times.
Olive is a famous tree species with a long history in the world. In plant taxonomy, olive belongs to Oleaceae, Oleaceae and small evergreen trees. The Mediterranean coast has the most suitable climatic conditions such as soil and temperature, sunshine, air humidity and precipitation. Except the Mediterranean coast, other areas can only be planted sporadically in suitable areas. Olive is a long-lived tree, which begins to bear fruit after 4-5 years of planting, and the full fruit period can last for 50 years to 100 years. The fruit is drupe and looks like jujube. Every year from March to June is the time for olive trees to blossom and set fruit, and 7- 10 fruits begin to develop and mature.
The fruit turns from green to red and purple, and finally to black. The fruit picking season is from 10 to10.55438+065438. The physical characteristics of olive fruit and the chemical composition of its pulp vary with varieties, maturity, geographical environment, soil texture and planting methods. For example, olive oil produced in Crete, Greece, has the best quality because of its unique geographical environment and climatic conditions.
The countries with the highest output of olive oil in the world are Spain and Italy, and the countries with the best quality of olive oil are Greece, especially the olive oil in Crete, Greece. At present, the annual output of olive oil in the world is only about 2.3 million tons, while the annual output of herbal oils such as peanut oil and soybean oil in China has exceeded170,000 tons. Olive oil has become a scarce resource in the world because of its large output and excellent nutrients.
Nutritional components of olive oil
1 olive oil contains 65.8-84.9% monounsaturated fatty acids. In addition to providing a lot of heat energy for human body, it can also adjust the ratio of high density lipoprotein cholesterol to low density lipoprotein cholesterol in human plasma. After eating olive oil, it can increase the equilibrium concentration of high density lipoprotein HDL (good cholesterol) in human body and ensure the demand for cholesterol in human body. It can also reduce the concentration of low density lipoprotein LDL (bad cholesterol) in plasma and prevent excessive cholesterol in the human body.
Olive oil contains about 3.5-22% polyunsaturated fatty acids, which can be divided into ω-3 fatty acids (mainly linolenic acid) and ω-6 fatty acids (mainly linoleic acid). These are essential fatty acids that the human body cannot synthesize by itself. So it is also called essential fatty acid. According to decades of research on essential fatty acids in the world medical field, when the ratio of ω-3 fatty acids to ω-6 fatty acids is 1: 4, it is difficult for various diseases to invade the human body. The proportion of essential fatty acids contained in olive oil is exactly 1: 4, which is similar to human milk.
Olive oil is rich in trace elements such as squalene, flavonoids and polyphenols, which can enhance human immunity and delay aging.
0.03 to 0.36 mg per100g? -Carotene 65438+ vitamin E 0.2-43 mg, vitamins A, D, F, K and other fat-soluble vitamins are essential nutrients for human organs. Therefore, today's medical community recognizes olive oil as one of the healthiest edible oils. The United States, Germany and other western countries have already included olive oil in the Pharmacopoeia.
Note 1: squalene.
Squalene is an element naturally produced by human body. Distributed in many organs of human body, it is an indispensable element for human body to maintain life. It is most active in adolescence, when people's energy is also the most vigorous. With the increase of age and the exhaustion of physical strength. Squalene in the human body is also gradually decreasing, and people are prone to get sick due to hypoxia, fatigue and somatic cell aging. Squalene can provide a lot of oxygen for cells, rejuvenate cells and improve the body's natural healing ability.
The functions of squalene are mainly divided into four aspects:
Promote blood circulation: help prevent and treat diseases caused by poor blood circulation, such as heart disease, hypertension, hypotension and stroke.
Activate body functional cells: help prevent and treat diseases caused by hypoxia of functional cells, such as gastric ulcer, duodenal ulcer, enteritis, hepatitis, cirrhosis and pneumonia. Enhance physical fitness in an all-round way, delay aging and improve immunity to diseases (including cancer).
Anti-inflammatory and sterilization: help prevent and treat diseases caused by bacteria, such as colds, skin diseases, otorhinolaryngology, etc.
Repair cells: help accelerate wound healing. Can be used externally to treat knife wounds, burns, etc.
Note 2: Flavonoids (OPC)
According to China Medical News, flavonoids belong to phenolic compounds, and their health functions include: antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, enhancing vasodilation, regulating blood lipid, lowering cholesterol, lowering blood sugar, reducing thrombosis, protecting liver and cancer, effectively activating cells, enhancing human immunity, resisting oxidation, and delaying aging. In addition, they can also prevent and improve the microcirculation of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Natural bioflavonoids have small molecular weight and can be absorbed quickly by human body.
Note 3: Phenolic compounds.
Polyphenols belong to some compounds with antioxidant activity and are widely distributed. Antioxidants have the functions of protecting cells from free radical damage, scavenging free radicals in human body, inhibiting cell oxidation, protecting neurons, improving human metabolic function and immune function, lowering blood pressure and blood sugar, preventing liver and coronary atherosclerosis, increasing microvascular toughness, and delaying the aging process of human body.
Olive oil and health care
Usage of olive oil for health care: drink 8ml- 16ml on an empty stomach every morning. Or add milk, yogurt, honey and fruit juice to take together.
The results of scientific investigation show that many health indexes of residents along the Mediterranean coast are among the highest in the world because of long-term consumption of olive oil. Using olive oil as edible oil can form a truly healthy and reasonable dietary structure. The Mediterranean has become the region with the lowest incidence of three major diseases (cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, cancer and Alzheimer's disease) in the world; The incidence of Crete, Greece, which is rich in primary olive oil, is almost zero; These are all due to the magical health effects of olive oil.
According to the data in international olive oil council Note IV(IOOC- international olive oil council) and EU Note V, the health benefits of olive oil are as follows:
1 Promote blood circulation: Olive oil can prevent arteriosclerosis and its complications, hypertension, heart disease, heart failure, renal failure and cerebral hemorrhage. In the book Omega Health and Simple Longevity Plan written by Dr. Artemis Simopoulos, it is mentioned that omega -6 fatty acids in edible oil will make arteries contract, forcing the heart to work overtime, leading to high blood pressure. Omega-3 fatty acids in olive oil can increase the content of nitric oxide (an important chemical) and relax your arteries, thus preventing arterial injury caused by high blood pressure. In addition, omega-3 fatty acids can also prevent thrombosis from two aspects. First of all, it can reduce the viscosity of platelets, so that platelets and fibrinogen are not easily entangled; Secondly, omega-3 fatty acids can reduce the amount of fibrinogen and greatly reduce the probability of thrombosis.
2 Improve the function of digestive system: Olive oil contains unsaturated fatty acids higher than any vegetable oil, rich in fat-soluble vitamins such as vitamins A, D, E, F and K, carotene, antioxidants and other components, and contains no cholesterol, so the human body's digestion and absorption rate is extremely high. Has the effects of reducing gastric acid and preventing gastritis and duodenal ulcer. It can also stimulate bile secretion, increase pancreatic enzyme activity, degrade oil, and be absorbed by intestinal mucosa, thus reducing the occurrence of cholecystitis and gallstones.
3 Protect the skin: Olive oil is rich in squalene and essential fatty acids, which has excellent affinity for the skin, can be absorbed quickly, and effectively keep the skin elastic and moist; Olive oil is rich in monounsaturated fatty acids, vitamins E, K, A, D and phenolic antioxidants, which can eliminate facial wrinkles, prevent skin aging, protect hair and prevent chapped hands and feet. It is an edible beauty and skin care product. In addition, applying olive oil to the skin can resist ultraviolet rays and prevent skin cancer.
4 improve the function of endocrine system: olive oil can improve the metabolic function of the body. This is because olive oil contains more than 80% monounsaturated fatty acids and omega-3 fatty acids, and DHA in omega-3 fatty acids can increase insulin sensitivity. The higher the content of unsaturated fatty acids in cell membrane, the more double bonds and the stronger the activity. DHA with six double bonds is the most unsaturated fatty acid, which makes the cell membrane the most active. The more insulin receptors on the cell membrane with strong activity, the more sensitive it is to insulin. When the human body ingests a proper proportion of fatty acids, the metabolism will be more normal, and the probability of obesity and diabetes will be reduced. The latest research results show that the glucose content of healthy people can be reduced by 12% after eating olive oil. Therefore, olive oil has become the best edible oil to prevent and treat diabetes.
5 Benefits to the skeletal system: Natural antioxidants and omega-3 fatty acids in olive oil help the human body absorb minerals such as calcium, phosphorus and zinc, and promote bone growth. In addition, omega-3 fatty acids help to maintain bone density and reduce osteoporosis caused by free radicals (highly active molecules).
6 Anti-cancer effect: Because olive oil is rich in monounsaturated fatty acids and polyunsaturated fatty acids, omega-3 fatty acids in polyunsaturated fatty acids can reduce the amount of linoleic acid extracted from blood by cancer and make cancer quit a very needed nutrient. ω-3 fatty acids can also compete with ω-6 fatty acids for enzymes needed for cancer metabolism, which makes the cell membrane of cancer cells more unsaturated and easy to be destroyed, thus inhibiting the growth of tumor cells and reducing the incidence of cancer. Therefore, some cancers (breast cancer, prostate cancer, colon cancer and uterine cancer) can be prevented. In addition, omega-3 fatty acids (polyunsaturated fatty acids) can also increase the curative effect of radiotherapy and chemotherapy, and kill cells by the explosion of free radicals (highly active molecules). When the cell membrane is damaged enough, cancer cells will destroy themselves. Omega-3 fatty acids make the cell membrane more vulnerable to free radicals, thus increasing the efficacy of chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
Radiation protection: Because olive oil contains polyphenols and lipopolysaccharide, it also has radiation protection function, so olive oil is often used to make astronaut food. People who often use computers think it is a good product for health care and skin care.
Making baby food: In terms of composition and digestibility, olive oil is the most suitable oil for babies. Half of the baby's calories come from the fat in the mother's milk. After weaning, the required calories will be obtained through the fat in the diet. The ratio of linolenic acid to linoleic acid in virgin olive oil is similar to that in breast milk, which is easy to absorb and can promote the growth and development of baby's nerves and bones. It is an excellent nutritional product and fetal growth agent for pregnant women, and also a good tonic for postpartum and lactation.
Anti-aging: among the many components of olive oil, carotene and chlorophyll give olive oil yellow-green, while chlorophyll plays a metabolic role, promoting cell growth and accelerating wound healing. It also helps to beautify people's appearance and reduce wrinkles. Experiments show that antioxidants contained in olive oil can eliminate free radicals in the body, restore the health of human organs, prevent brain aging and prolong life.
10 prevention of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases: olive oil can protect the cardiovascular system in many ways. ① By reducing homocysteine (an amino acid that can damage the coronary artery wall), inflammation can be prevented and the damage to the arterial wall can be reduced. ② Relaxing arteries and lowering blood pressure by increasing the content of nitric oxide in the body. ③ Monounsaturated fatty acids in virgin olive oil can reduce the oxidation of LDA cholesterol. ④ Olive oil contains a substance called squalene, which can increase the content of HDL (good cholesterol) and decrease the content of LDL (bad cholesterol). The more HDL cholesterol in the body, the less oxidized LDL cholesterol in the arteries. The latest research proves that. After middle-aged men took virgin olive oil, the average cholesterol decreased by 13%, and the dangerous "bad" cholesterol decreased by 2 1%. ⑤ Olive oil can reduce the speed of thrombosis by increasing the content of omega-3 fatty acids in the body.
First, beauty
According to legend, Cleopatra in ancient Egypt wiped her whole body with olive oil every morning. Her delicate skin and beautiful black hair not only made the world envy, but also conquered the domineering Caesar. Contemporary famous stars can have strong figure and young appearance, and also benefit from the nourishment of olive oil. It is an indisputable fact that olive oil has the effect of skin care and beauty.
1 Beauty face: 1. After washing your face, gently massage your face repeatedly with "olive oil+salt" to scrub and moisturize. Then apply a face steamer or a hot towel to remove the dirt invisible to the naked eye in the pores and increase the luster and elasticity of the skin. Or take out a quarter cup of olive oil in the microwave oven. When the temperature is moderate, it can be evenly applied to the face, which can effectively regulate dry and sensitive skin. 2. Apply your face, first wash the oil off your face with warm water, gently wipe off the water with a dry towel, and then dip cotton in olive oil.
Apply it to the whole face, 10 ~ 15 minutes later, apply it with a hot towel, and finally gently wipe it with a dry towel. 3. Add 4-5 drops of virgin olive oil to 50 ml of milk, mix it with flour evenly, let it stand for 20 minutes and then wash it with clear water. Long-term use can increase the vitality and elasticity of the skin. 4. Break up an egg, add half a lemon juice and a little coarse salt, stir well, and then slowly add virgin olive oil into the egg juice to make them mix well. This mask can be stored in the refrigerator on weekdays and made once or twice a week, which can not only prevent wrinkles, but also promote smooth and delicate skin. It is a mask made of a spoonful of sugar and virgin olive oil. It can shrink pores and whiten skin when used three times a week.
2 Beautiful hands: There are only a few sebaceous glands on the back of our hands, which are often exposed in daily life, so we need to replenish water and oil frequently, otherwise the skin will easily become dry. Whether in summer or winter, it is recommended that you prepare a bottle of virgin olive oil with you, and moisturize your hands in time when you wash them or feel dry, so as to keep your hands delicate. Take special care of your hands once a week, massage your hands with a small amount of scrub for 10- 15 minutes, remove dead skin from your hands, and then soak them in warm virgin olive oil for 5 minutes.
3 Manicure: Mash a quarter of ripe avocado into mud, mix it with a tablespoon of virgin olive oil, and then apply it to your nails. 15 minutes later, wash it with warm water.
Lip protection: when the weather suddenly turns cold, people often have chapped lips when they catch a cold or have a bad stomach. At this time, as long as a small amount of olive oil is applied, the lips will be smooth again in two or three days. Usage: Apply a hot towel to your lips before going to bed at night, and then cover your lips with a cotton pad dipped in olive oil. The next day, it will be powdered and very touching. Especially those who wear lipstick every day need to maintain their lips. Now many women use olive oil instead of lip gloss to make their lips shine naturally.
5 Skin care: The skin is relatively dry in autumn and winter, especially in hand joints, foot joints, buttocks and other parts, which are prone to dryness and wrinkles. Olive oil has moisturizing and maintenance effects, and can restore the natural elasticity of skin. You can wipe it three times a week when it is dry, and you can wipe it every day on particularly dry days.
6 hair care: generally, hair care is very simple. Just drop three or four drops of olive oil on the comb before combing your hair, so as not to make your hair greasy. In addition, after washing your hair, dry it like a conditioner, then spread olive oil evenly on your hair and wrap it with a hot towel for 10 minute to make your hair shiny and supple. Or add a few drops of olive oil to the conditioner to deeply care the hair. When soaking in the bathtub, comb the conditioned conditioner into your hair smoothly, and then leave it alone. The steam in the bathtub helps the conditioner to penetrate.
7 Apply makeup and remove makeup: Usage: Apply makeup, drop 1 ~ 2 drops of olive oil in basic cosmetics, evenly rub it on the face, and the skin will become bright and vivid immediately; Remove makeup. Drop two drops of olive oil on a cotton pad to remove makeup. Can remove stubborn makeup, including cosmetics advertised as waterproof.
8 in addition to stretch marks: wipe a spoonful of olive oil on the stretch marks, gently massage them, and stick to them for a long time to remove or dilute them.
9 Anti-canthus wrinkles: Usage: To deal with annoying fine lines, crow's feet or eye fine lines, you can mix two drops of olive oil and a little aloe gel evenly and apply it to the fine lines. It will be absorbed as soon as it is applied, and you won't see the lines immediately (you don't have to wash it off and put on makeup directly when you go out).
10 bath: take a bath with olive oil? What a luxury! But this is how the great beauty sophia loren keeps her skin moist and elastic. But don't waste it when we use it. Just dip olive oil in cotton, evenly spread it all over your body, then wrap it in a hot towel for 10 minute and wash it with warm water.
1 1 Moisturizing: After bathing, add some olive oil to a glass of water and mix well, then spray it on every part of the body several times, and then massage it properly to make the skin smoother.
12 slimming: high-purity cold-pressed extra virgin olive oil can be directly drunk, which is helpful to promote the metabolism and excretion of the body. Vitamin E contained in olive oil is easily absorbed by the skin, thus helping to keep women's bodies beautiful. It can not only help digestion, but also prevent constipation, so the weight loss effect is remarkable. Remember to drink two spoonfuls of olive oil on an empty stomach before breakfast every day. The effect of losing weight is very ideal.
13 sunscreen: olive oil makes ultraviolet rays easy to absorb and does not burn the skin. Therefore, in the case of the sun, but the sun is not very strong, you can apply olive oil for sun protection.
14 decontamination: olive oil can also be used as a decontamination cleaner, especially suitable for ears, navel and other places. It is also a good cleansing oil, which can thoroughly clean the skin and prevent cosmetics from remaining in pores and causing blockage.
15 foot protection: It is said that this is the "secret recipe" of professional model foot protection: film the feet, mix sea salt and olive oil at the ratio of 2: 1, fully massage the feet, and then dry them with a towel; Massage your feet. Add a few drops of olive oil to vaseline and massage your feet after mixing. To deal with calluses and calluses on the soles of feet, it is also important to moisturize the soles of feet with nourishing oil in addition to choosing soft and low-heeled shoes as far as possible. When you sleep at night, choose virgin olive oil to apply to the soles of your feet, put on cotton socks, let the hot air help your pores open, the oil is absorbed, and the skin of your feet becomes soft and smooth.
After getting up the next day, rub the cocoon with pumice and finally wash it with warm water. Nursing once a week, the effect is obvious.
2 1 century The greatest feature of human food is the pursuit of nature. In terms of edible oil, the demand for edible vegetable oil will increase, and olive oil will gradually become an ideal edible oil in the new century with its unique physical and chemical indicators and health care functions. Olive oil is widely used in many western countries. If we compare ordinary salad oil with olive oil, salad oil is transparent yellow, smells obviously oily, and smells a little smoky after being put into the pot. Olive oil is yellow and green. It smells attractive and fragrant. After being put into the pot, the fragrance of fruits and vegetables runs through the whole cooking process, which will not destroy the color of vegetables and will not have any greasy feeling.
1 frying in olive oil
Unlike vanilla oil, virgin olive oil has antioxidant properties and high content of unsaturated fatty acids, so it can keep its chemical structure stable at high temperature. When ordinary edible oil is used, when the oil temperature exceeds the smoke point, the chemical structure of the oil will change, resulting in carcinogens. The smoke point of virgin olive oil is between 240 and 270 degrees Celsius, which is much higher than other common edible oils, so virgin olive oil can be used repeatedly without deterioration, and it is the most suitable oil for frying.
Barbecue with olive oil.
Raw olive oil is also suitable for burning, roasting, frying and boiling. When cooking with virgin olive oil, the food will give off an attractive fragrance and make people drool. It is especially recommended to use olive oil for fried rice with eggs or barbecue.
Making sauces and condiments with olive oil
The purpose of using sauce is to bring out the taste of food, not to cover it up. Original olive oil is the best oil in cold sauce and hot sauce, which can protect the color of fresh sauce.
4 soak in olive oil
Pickling with olive oil before cooking can increase the delicacy of food and set off other spices to enrich the taste.
5 Use olive oil directly
Using virgin olive oil directly will give full play to the characteristics of dishes. You can use virgin olive oil like salt, because virgin olive oil will make the dishes more delicious. You can also add virgin olive oil to any dish to balance foods with high acidity, such as lemon juice, wine vinegar, wine and tomatoes. It can also make the flavors of various spices in food more harmonious. If you add some raw olive oil to a spicy dish, you will find it tastes better. Raw olive oil can also make food more fragrant, smoother and more mellow.
Bake with olive oil
Olive oil is also suitable for baking bread and desserts. Raw olive oil tastes much better than cream and can be widely used in any dessert and bread.
7 Cook with olive oil
Pour a spoonful of olive oil when cooking to make the rice more fragrant and full of particles.
Olive oil is an important part of the diet of Crete in the Mediterranean. Crete is even praised by tourists as an "island floating on olive oil". For thousands of years, the west has formed a unique olive oil cuisine.
2 1 century The greatest feature of human food is the pursuit of nature. In terms of edible oil, the demand for edible vegetable oil will increase, and olive oil will gradually become an ideal edible oil in the new century with its unique physical and chemical indicators and health care functions. Olive oil is widely used in many western countries. If we compare ordinary salad oil with olive oil, salad oil is transparent yellow, smells obviously oily, and smells a little smoky after being put into the pot. Olive oil is yellow and green. It smells attractive and fragrant. After being put into the pot, the fragrance of fruits and vegetables runs through the whole cooking process, which will not destroy the color of vegetables and will not have any greasy feeling.
Second, eat
1 frying in olive oil
Unlike vanilla oil, virgin olive oil has antioxidant properties and high content of unsaturated fatty acids, so it can keep its chemical structure stable at high temperature. When ordinary edible oil is used, when the oil temperature exceeds the smoke point, the chemical structure of the oil will change, resulting in carcinogens. The smoke point of virgin olive oil is between 240 and 270 degrees Celsius, which is much higher than other common edible oils, so virgin olive oil can be used repeatedly without deterioration, and it is the most suitable oil for frying.
Barbecue with olive oil.
Raw olive oil is also suitable for burning, roasting, frying and boiling. When cooking with virgin olive oil, the food will give off an attractive fragrance and make people drool. It is especially recommended to use olive oil for fried rice with eggs or barbecue.
Making sauces and condiments with olive oil
The purpose of using sauce is to bring out the taste of food, not to cover it up. Original olive oil is the best oil in cold sauce and hot sauce, which can protect the color of fresh sauce.
4 soak in olive oil
Pickling with olive oil before cooking can increase the delicacy of food and set off other spices to enrich the taste.
5 Use olive oil directly
Using virgin olive oil directly will give full play to the characteristics of dishes. You can use virgin olive oil like salt, because virgin olive oil will make the dishes more delicious. You can also add virgin olive oil to any dish to balance foods with high acidity, such as lemon juice, wine vinegar, wine and tomatoes. It can also make the flavors of various spices in food more harmonious. If you add some raw olive oil to a spicy dish, you will find it tastes better. Raw olive oil can also make food more fragrant, smoother and more mellow.
Bake with olive oil
Olive oil is also suitable for baking bread and desserts. Raw olive oil tastes much better than cream and can be widely used in any dessert and bread.
7 Cook with olive oil
Pour a spoonful of olive oil when cooking to make the rice more fragrant and full of particles.
Olive oil is an important part of the diet of Crete in the Mediterranean. Crete is even praised by tourists as an "island floating on olive oil". For thousands of years, the west has formed a unique olive oil cuisine.