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After extensively discussing the benefits of extra virgin olive oil on our skin in one of our recent articles, this time we are going to discuss how olive oil is an excellent ally also and above all for our health.
Rich in antioxidants and highly trusted in cholesterol, used for millennia as a precious friend of health, extra virgin olive oil is the basic ingredient that accompanies us in our daily lives, with its organoleptic characteristics and its invaluable benefits.
But what are the benefits of extra virgin olive oil?
Why does this green gold have such beneficial properties?
Thanks to the high concentration of unsaturated fatty acids, extra virgin olive oil plays a very important role for everyone’s health, from infants to the elderly, without exception.
The benefits of extra virgin olive oil on newborns are multiple thanks to the presence of oleic acid, a substance that resembles some acids present in mother’s milk. Olive oil also brings benefits to children and adolescents, helping muscle, bone, brain growth and giving energy to face the days of age. As far as the adults/elderly range is concerned, the beneficial properties of extra virgin olive oil are in detail:
1. Regulates cholesterol levels, protecting the heart and arteries
2. Ally against diabetes, reducing the rise in blood sugar
3. Helper of the immune system and musculoskeletal functions, strengthening them
4. Promotes healing, with its anti-inflammatory function
5. Friend of the diet, stimulating the sense of satiety
Let us dwell more on this last point… in fact, thanks to the benefits it is able to bring, extra virgin olive oil is the basic ingredient and the ideal condiment of the famous Mediterranean diet. According to this nutritional table, the use of extra virgin olive oil is increasingly recommended to the detriment of other sources of fat such as, for example, butter.
Both are 100% fat but with the “subtle” difference that, as butter is of animal origin, it contains cholesterol, whereas extra virgin olive oil does not have any, having only one vegetable origin. The benefits associated with the use of extra virgin olive oil in our daily lives are multiplied thanks to the rich presence of antioxidants and vitamin E, able to fight bad cholesterol and cellular aging.
The trick to living a healthy life is moderation and being able to make food choices with common sense. Should we therefore eradicate butter from our diet? Absolutely not, it too brings benefits like olive oil. Vitamin A, D and E, mineral salts, are just a few of its beneficial properties. Completely eliminating a food from your diet is never the correct solution and, in the long run, it is also counterproductive.
Still in the food field, it can be useful to know, for example, how to replace butter with olive oil to create softer and more easily digestible leavened products.
Forced choice? No, just food ideas and advice to address all the benefits of extra virgin olive oil on a broad spectrum.
The fundamental rule that underlies what has just been said is that you must always choose quality products. A high-level extra virgin olive oil like ours from Frantoio Bonamini is able to guarantee you the right balance between antioxidants and beneficial substances for the body, without however excluding the inimitable taste of good olive oil.
Do you want another reason to choose Bonamini olive oil for your everyday cooking?
Here it is!
Among the different varieties of olives that are grown in our area and in the province of Verona, there are some that, thanks to their versatility, are able to bring greater benefits to our health.
For example, the varieties that we find in our Vert De Vertes extra virgin olive oil or in the Campo di Casa CRU oil are extremely resistant to diseases, parasites and climatic changes, managing to adapt to soils ranging from sandy to calcareous. What results?
The result is an extra virgin olive oil rich in polyphenols, beneficial substances for our health, making our green gold a real panacea for mind and body.
We can honestly say that Bonamini extra virgin olive oil, an Italian excellence recognized throughout the world and a fundamental aid for our health, is the most logical and beneficial choice that the individual can make, for a culinary and healthy that go hand in hand, always aiming for the best of expectations.
