Olive oil is not only great for the heart, but also for the stomach.
This Spanish study, published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry showed that extra-virgin olive oil not only can prevent the formation, but can also cure infections caused by bacteria Heliobacter pylori, which annually causes millions of cases of gastritis and development of peptic ulcer (boil).
Olive oil is unique by its composition and is one of the few edible oils with such a high proportion of polifenol ingredients, however, unlike some other foods ( wine, green tea, cranberry juice ...) that inhibit the growth of H. pylori, until now such antibacterial properties with olive oil have not been questioned.
Preliminary results of laboratory tests showed that the antioxidant or polifenole components of olive oils act effectively (antibacterial) against some bacteria H. pylori, even in strongly acid conditions of gastric juice. More precisely, olive oil has an antibacterial effect on eight sorts of H. pylori, from which the three are resistant to the effect of antibiotics. These results open the possibility that the extra-virgin olive oil could be used as a chemo protective mean in the treatment of ulcer, and even stomach cancer, but its bio activity should be more confirmed in the future in the terms "in vivo", in human clinical studies, the researchers said. If further studies also confirm the results, the introduction of olive oil in the diet could help in treatment and prevention of the formation of stomach ulcer.
Regardless of the results of future studies, the healing power of olive oil is indisputable. Attractive and unique flavor of olive oil is unavoidable in all the dishes of Mediterranean climate and the mineral substances have preventive effects against development of cardiovascular diseases and atherosclerosis, some types of cancer, bile stones, which are more than sufficient reasons to include it frequently to our daily diet. And especially the local, cold compressed!
This Spanish study, published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry showed that extra-virgin olive oil not only can prevent the formation, but can also cure infections caused by bacteria Heliobacter pylori, which annually causes millions of cases of gastritis and development of peptic ulcer (boil).
Olive oil is unique by its composition and is one of the few edible oils with such a high proportion of polifenol ingredients, however, unlike some other foods ( wine, green tea, cranberry juice ...) that inhibit the growth of H. pylori, until now such antibacterial properties with olive oil have not been questioned.
Preliminary results of laboratory tests showed that the antioxidant or polifenole components of olive oils act effectively (antibacterial) against some bacteria H. pylori, even in strongly acid conditions of gastric juice. More precisely, olive oil has an antibacterial effect on eight sorts of H. pylori, from which the three are resistant to the effect of antibiotics. These results open the possibility that the extra-virgin olive oil could be used as a chemo protective mean in the treatment of ulcer, and even stomach cancer, but its bio activity should be more confirmed in the future in the terms "in vivo", in human clinical studies, the researchers said. If further studies also confirm the results, the introduction of olive oil in the diet could help in treatment and prevention of the formation of stomach ulcer.
Regardless of the results of future studies, the healing power of olive oil is indisputable. Attractive and unique flavor of olive oil is unavoidable in all the dishes of Mediterranean climate and the mineral substances have preventive effects against development of cardiovascular diseases and atherosclerosis, some types of cancer, bile stones, which are more than sufficient reasons to include it frequently to our daily diet. And especially the local, cold compressed!
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