Health Benefits of Olive or Zaitoon Oil
Excellent treatment for skin and hair, delays old age, and treats inflammation of the stomach -- Tib Al-Nabwi
In line with the above Ahadith, recent scientific researches approved that this edible oil has many protective advantages from the disease– arteriosclerosis (or atheroma) patchy thickening of the lining of arteries. Herein, the Prophet of all Mankind did advice man to orally take olive oil fourteen centuries ago.
What is olive oil ?
Olive oil is a fat obtained from the fruit of the Olea europaea (olive tree), a traditional tree crop of the Mediterranean region, where whole olives are pressed to produce olive oil.
The oil is used in cosmetics, medicine, cooking and soaps, and was also used as a fuel for traditional lamps. Although originating in the Mediterranean countries, today it is used worldwide.
- OLIVE OIL KEEPS THE HEART YOUNG
- OLIVE OIL MIGHT HELP PREVENT STROKES
- OLIVE OIL DIET REDUCES RISK OF TYPE 2 DIABETES
- OLIVE OIL FIGHTS OSTEOPOROSIS
- OLIVE OIL MAY PROTECT FROM DEPRESSION
- OLIVE OIL FOUND TO HELP PREVENT SKIN CANCER
Why did he do so? The answer is that olive oil as has been recently confirmed scientifically contains chemical materials, which prevent the occurrence of blood clot in arteries (coronary thrombosis). While this chemical material further increases the ratio of the desired cholesterol of high density namely HDL, it prevents the other type of dangerous cholesterol from being clotted in the blood.
More over, physicians in Milan Hospital, Italy, prescribe olive oil as part of the medication given to those patients who underwent a heart surgery in arteries. Patients of artery problems are given four to five spoonfuls daily.
In his study published by the American Medical Magazine, 1986, Dr. Girandy, a professor in Texas University, USA, stated that olive oil decreases cholesterol by 13% and the fatty proteins by 21%. He, therefore, advises Americans to take olive oil instead of other oils in order to prevent themselves from and avoid artery diseases. (Extracts from the Prophetic Medicine)
