Blessed olive

In an arid and hot climate of subtropics, on rocky slopes of mountains this plant long-liver likes to grow, the age of separate trees reaches thousands of years. Low, with powerful twisting trunks, olive trees, give specific beauty to hillsides. Their leaves, silvery on the one hand and dark green - with another do not fall down neither in the winter, nor in the summer. Grow up olives on all South of Europe and also in Central Asia and in the north of Africa.

Italy, Spain, Greece – exactly from here go containers with this light, slightly greenish and bitterish oil received from olive fruits worldwide. In ancient times in Rome – the olive branch was a symbol of the world, work and fertility. Olive oil was used for lamps, eaten, umashchivat a body and hair, applied as medicine.

Probably for last centuries almost nothing changed unless as combustible liquid now nobody will apply this magic oil, for this purpose there are cheaper means. And all other methods of application of olive oil are relevant and now, and, even, more widely, its new useful properties were open lately. Scientists noticed long ago that inhabitants of the Mediterranean suffer from diseases of heart less often, oncological diseases, a sclerosis - partially it is explained by big and constant consumption of olives and olive oil. All, probably, know the well-known Greek salads, and any of recipes does not do without such components. The secret of improving effect of olive oil is that fruits contain such type of fatty acids (nonsaturated acids) which reduce the level of harmful cholesterol, without influencing the maintenance of its useful version. As a result in an organism the normal balance of the vital elements is maintained. Olive oil is very useful also for our gastrointestinal tract. It improves activity of a stomach, intestines, pancreas and liver, promotes healing of stomach ulcers and a duodenum. They say that dozen of olives before food - the best prevention of stomach ulcer. Oil has easy laxative effect. For soft cleaning of an organism it is recommended to begin day with a spoon of olive oil, and if constantly to follow this recommendation, then need in periodic, frankly speaking, not really pleasant, cleanings of a liver will disappear at all. Other vegetable oils are very useful too, but any of them is not acquired by an organism as fully as olive. Scientists established that sunflower oil is acquired for 83%, peanut - for 81%, corn - for 36%, and olive - almost for 100%.

Quality olive oil not only valuable culinary ingredient, but also remarkable cosmetic. Still it was in the ancient time noted that constant consumption of olive oil interferes with aging of an organism. Thanks to the content of vitamin E and antioxidants, it really interferes with withering of cages that is especially important for women the person interested to prolong the youth and for a long time to keep beauty.

Except intake, olive oil will bring a lot of benefit at its external application. It remarkably is suitable for dry and sensitive skin, softening it and interfering with loss by cells of moisture. Oil also has the rejuvenating effect, smoothes wrinkles and prevents their emergence. And what is still very important, on the last researches of the Japanese scientists, skin processing by olive oil after suntan significantly reduces risk of developing of cancer of skin. Olive oil has anticarcinogenic properties, thanks to the high content of natural antioxidants. And, in the light of the last cautions of physicians against hobby for solar bathtubs when the ozone layer of Earth significantly thinned and ultra-violet radiation constitutes danger to our skin and health, it is difficult to overestimate value of this opening.

Olive oil and in ready cosmetics is widely applied, there are even whole lines of means on its basis, and exists fine recipes of its house application even more.

For example, in house conditions it is possible to prepare the calming mask for sensitive skin: to mix on a half of banana and small crushed cucumber and to add 2 tablespoons of olive oil, to apply to skin. In half an hour to wash away cool water. The mask from olive and almond oils, and to a body – massage by olive oil in 20 minutes prior to a shower or a bathtub is useful to dry hair.

For improvement of skin color it is useful to do once a week an olive mask. Dissolve 1 teaspoon of cosmetic clay in clear water, then mix with 1 tablespoon of olive oil, to apply to skin. In 15 minutes wash away warm water.

For nails and skin of hands advise to do warm trays of olive oil.

How to choose really quality and useful oil? The best and the most expensive - Extra Virgin. This not refined oil produced, as a rule, at the beginning of a season of harvesting of olives without hot processing it has greenish color and bitter smack. Such oil is ideal for consumption cold and in the cosmetic purposes as it contains polyphenols which define medicinal properties of this product, and the light slightly bitter taste is a sign of high quality. So apply it on health and in culinary recipes both as prophylactic, and as surprising cosmetic.