| The health benefits of olive leaves include immune | | | | prevent free radical damage. Some of them, such as |
| system stimulation, antibiotic activity and anti-aging | | | | resveratrol, which is found in grape vines, help repair |
| activity. Some of the extracts have been shown to | | | | damaged DNA. If a cell has been mutated, which |
| have antioxidant activity 400% higher than vitamin C. | | | | would make it a pre-cancer cell, resveratrol stimulates |
| This is one of the most potent antioxidants that | | | | signals that cause the cell to kill itself. |
| have yet to be discovered, it's just not the only one. | | | | One of the benefits of olive leaves has to do with |
| Practically every plant that you can think of contains | | | | the health of the heart. It causes dilation of the |
| polyphenols that have antioxidant activity. Green tea, | | | | arteries leading to the heart, which helps reduce the |
| marigold, milk thistle, grape vines, gingko biloba, | | | | risk of clotting. But, to help prevent plaque buildup, |
| bilberries, turmeric, cumin, alfalfa and even some | | | | green tea extracts are more effective. They inhibit |
| types of algae contain antioxidants. All of these are | | | | platelet "aggregation", which simply put, means that |
| good for human health. There is virtually no limit to | | | | they prevent blood cells from sticking together to |
| what antioxidants can do for the human body. | | | | form clots or clogging the arterial walls. |
| The prevention of cancer and heart disease, our two | | | | Many of the antioxidants mentioned above, including |
| biggest killers, is one of the goals of anti-aging | | | | gingko biloba, green tea and turmeric are known to |
| supplements that contain all of these antioxidants. | | | | reduce plaque build up in the brains. Gingko biloba has |
| Preventing age related eye diseases that often cause | | | | been shown in many studies to increase the oxygen |
| blindness in the elderly is another. Preserving the | | | | content of the brain and other tissues. Green tea has |
| clarity of the mind, preventing Alzheimer's and other | | | | been used for centuries to improve mental clarity. |
| age-related neurological diseases, is yet another. | | | | You can get the benefits of olive leaves and those |
| With the benefits of olive leaves and other extracts, | | | | of all of the other plants mentioned here, if you |
| we may be able to live longer healthier lives, free of | | | | choose the right supplement. In the US, |
| chronic diseases, with minds as clear as they were in | | | | manufacturers are carefully regulated about what |
| our youth. Alzheimer's and similar diseases are caused | | | | they can and cannot put on the bottle, as far as the |
| by a build up of plaque in the brain. Many types of | | | | health benefit goes. Worldwide, supplement |
| heart disease are caused by a build up of plaque in | | | | manufacturers are prevented from stating that their |
| the arteries. The root cause of cancer is mutation of | | | | products can cure diseases, but many of them |
| cellular DNA and the primary cause of that is free | | | | actually can. Some of the benefits of olive leaves are |
| radical damage. | | | | curative, such as the antibiotic activity. Others are |
| All of the antioxidants, mentioned above, help | | | | preventative. Combined they all improve our health. |