Goodness of Virgin Olive Oil

1. Its healthier than other oils Olive oil is present in the flesh of the fruit. The vast majority of other oils are present in the seeds canola, sunflower, sesame and so on making extraction a lot harder. Likening olive oil extraction to s uee!ing fruit juice," Leandro #avetti, $hief Oil %aker of the award&winning $o'ram (state (xtra )irgin Olive Oils, says, The technology for seed oil extraction is very recent and much more aggressive, *using+ solvents and chemical refinement." ,e adds, (xtra virgin olive oil still contains all the goodness and natural attri'utes that are present in the olive fruit. *...+ -ll those other oils are just fat, almost like lu'ricant." 2. Its all natural (xtra virgin olive oil is the purest oil you can get. -ccording to #avetti, extra virgin should 'e, oil that.s produced when you crush olives/ there are no chemicals added0 no temperature treatments0 the fruit is disease&free, harvested at the right time and processed immediately." (xtra virgin olive oil is stringently screened. The oil.s chemical composition is tested and must pass a large num'er of standards in order to ualify. 1f the harvested fruit has imperfections, disease, or was rotting on the ground, it needs to 'e rectified in production, making it refined oil, stripped of its natural components and 'enefits. -nything that doesn.t say 2extra virgin olive oil. is refined oil," stresses #avetti. 3. It has the best balance of fatty acids The fatty acid profile of extra virgin olive oil has 'een researched 'y doctors for hundreds of years," says #avetti, an agricultural engineer whose expertise in the industry spans two decades. The final conclusion is that the 'est 'alance of the different fatty acids is very much what olive oil has naturally." 4. Its rich in vitamins (xtra virgin olive oil is rich in monounsaturated fat, antioxidants and vitamin (. %onounsaturated fat helps lower 'ad cholesterol and acts as a preventative agent in a num'er of cardiovascular diseases and some cancers. 5. Its a natural food enhancer

-s enthusiastic 'read dippers know, extra virgin olive oil is scrumptious on its own. 1t.s also a natural food enhancer. 3ood uality extra virgin olive oil makes vegeta'les taste 'etter, it makes salads taste 'etter," says #avetti. 4o it.s easier to eat higher uantities of those foods. 5or instance, the %editerranean diet has a higher proportion of salad and vegeta'les and fish well dressed in olive oil."