The Health Benefits of Olive Oil By Mona Douglas

Olive oil is the healthiest source of fat and can make you live longer How about living longer and healthier? By simply changing the type of oil or fat you use for cooking your daily meals, you could actually reduce of having heart attack by 40 percent. By switching to olive oil could avoid other diseases such as cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity, and Alzheimer's disease.

Why Olive oil? A. History of olive oil 1. Origin of the olive tree. 2. How olive oil was used. 3 Beliefs about olive oil B. Olive oil and Longevity. 1. Research related to olive oil and life expectancy. 2. Mediterranean diet can make you live longer

Why Olive oil? C. Who is affected by not using olive oil? 1. Individuals that have high cholesterol. 2. People with history of heart disease. 3. Everyone who has the choice of switching to olive oil D. Health advocates and their opinions 1. The healthiest source of fat 2. Latest research and findings 3. Facts through research.

Benefits of Olive oil A. What makes olive oil different from other kinds of oil? 1. Good kind of fat. 2. Good cholesterol 3. Polyunsaturated fatty acid 4. High level of anti-oxidants. B. Olive lowers cholesterol level 1. Study shows that olive oil maintains good cholesterol in the body 2. Lowers the chance of getting stroke 3. Lower the chance of getting high blood pressure.

Benefits of Olive oil C. Research proves the benefits of olive oil long run. 1. Mediterranean diet proven to be the healthiest one out there. 2. Research on group of people in several European countries proves longevity. D. Oil will help you avoid getting chronic disease. 1. Two table spoons of olive oil daily can make you live longer 2. Lower rate of breast cancer. 3. Lowers gain weight. 4. Lower cancer rate. 5. Lower diseases associated with high cholesterol.

Conclusion Olive oil has shown to make a difference in people’s health in the long run according to scientific research. By using olive oil instead of other sources of fat, one could lower the risk of having heart and cardiovascular diseases. Research also has shown that using olive oil in cooking regularly prevents certain kinds of cancers. Many people are becoming more health conscious and shifting toward healthy diets. While fat and cholesterol contribute or cause many of the diseases we have now days, using olive oil seems to be one of the measures that one can take to reduce or prevent those diseases. Some will still think that olive oil should be used as the main source of fat in human diet. Health advocates and nutritionists are steering people toward using olive oil. The question remains wither people are willing to adjust their life style and diet to reap the health benefits of olive oil.