First published on: Alternative Medicine – Olive Oil


 Life Style, Muslim Snacks Health in Islam, Olive Oil, science Alaa Ahmed

     Would you like to protect your body against cancer, heart disease, metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes, Alzheimer’s, arthritis and even obesity !

I have a small secret for you today…

OLIVE OIL ☺


Yes indeed, olive oil has a great anti-inflammatory effect, Extra-virgin olive oil can reduce inflammation(1), which may be one of the main reasons for its health benefits. Olive oil is discovered to be an alternative medicine.

 

Actually it is not the only benefit of olive oil, olive oil also is rich in vitamin E and K.

It is loaded with antioxidant (Anti-oxidant one of the main soldier in your body against the chronic disease).

Olive oil protect your heart from disease. In addition, It is lowering your blood pressure, prevent excessive blood clotting, protect you from strokes and early death.

Strokes is one of the most common cause of death all over the world and olive oil and you just protect yourself. ☺

What about gaining weight!


     Guess what! Contrariwise it is OIL! You will not gain weight. 😉

In a 30-month study in over 7,000 Spanish college students, consuming a lot of olive oil was not linked to increased weigh.

Additionally, one three-year study in 187 participants found that a diet rich in olive oil was linked to increased levels of antioxidants in the blood, as well as weight loss(2).

So you will protect your body and not gaining weight. 

Also you will not loss memory because olive oil help to remove the plaques caused by Alzheimer’s disease.

The antioxidant in olive oil reduce free radicals in turn it reduce your chance you get cancer.

Olive oil protect your body against bacteria. 😀

One of this bacteria is Helicobacter pylori, which live in your stomach and cause ulcer.

Amazing fact


Is this article about olive oil benefit as an alternative medicine?

Is it about the advantages of nature?

Or ……. ?

It is not hidden nowadays the benefit of olive oil,

Because it is  recently discovered by scientist,

But was it the same 1400 years ago?

Was people at this time have the same knowledge we have about it ?

Did they know cancer, Alzheimer and even Helicobacter pylori?

It was not the same 1400 years ago, when people know nothing about olive or even human body and diseases?

So what was the secret? How did they know that Olive is good and full of benefits?

God Almighty said in the Quran:

“star lit from [the oil of] a blessed olive tree” [24:35](3)

Just that !

God (Allah ) told them in His holy book that’s Olive is blessed!

Also He said:

“And [We brought forth] a tree issuing from Mount Sinai which produces oil and food for those who eat” [23:20](4)

And one of our prophet’s advices:

“Eat of its oil and use it (the olives), for indeed it is from a blessed tree” [Jami` at-Tirmidhi](5)

Finally, I am a medical student who discovered that all what we have been told just mention in my holy book 1400 years ago! ☺

Enjoy more healthier life with olive oil. And be smart to enjoy your life & your hereafter too with exploring Islam, ask us now!