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Extra Virgin Olive Oil Wins

17.7.2020

Olive oil wins out over all others. A recent research from Harvard Medical School confirms this: It reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease.

Between coconut oil and olive oil it is the second to win the challenge of the healthiest. This is the conclusion of a work published on the Harvard Medical School blog, where the researcher Emily Gelsomin reviewed some of the most recent scientific studies, that put in comparison the two products in the spotlight.

Harvard Medical School

In another work, published recently in the “Journal of American College of Cardiology” it emerges that the replacement of margarine, butter or mayonnaise with olive oil is related to a lower risk of cardiovascular disease. According to the analysis, the consumption of half a tablespoon per day would reduce the risk of developing this type of pathology.

With regard to these extraordinary studies, if you want to recognize the real extra virgin olive oil, please, read this post (Extra virgin olive oil, which is the best?), which lists the tricks to not make mistakes.

Coconut Oil

Furthermore, a third research published in the review “Circulation“, would demonstrate how coconut oil does not benefit the reduction of waist circumference or body fat, compared to other vegetable-based fats. In the work, however, reference is made to the increase in ‘bad’ cholesterol, the LDL, associated with an increase in the risk of heart disease. A previous work published in the British Open Medical Journal examined the extra virgin coconut oil which however, put in comparison with the extra virgin olive oil for 4 weeks, did not produce that precise increase in LDL cholesterol.

Conclusively, the benefits of not using tropical vegetable oils remain very promising, making olive oil a natural choice in the kitchen, according to mentioned medical magazines.

Juice of Bergamot: Superfood drink

06.04.2020

PROPERTIES AND FUNCTIONS

Thanks to about 350 polyphenols, Bergamot of Calabria has antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and vasoprotective properties. In addition, the juice can reduce blood glucose and activate some organic antioxidants, while the flavonoids present in bergamot juice are very good relaxants as well, they soothe the nerves and reduce nervous stress, insomnia, and depression.

The essential bergamot oil inside the juice stimulates appetite, liver and pancreatic functions. The juice is useful in cholecystitis, in tachycardia and arterial hypertension; it is locally useful in stomatitis, gingivitis and pharyngitis; it is an intestinal, disinfectant and astringent pesticide. Finally, it is balsamic in the respiratory tract.

For the vitamin C, Bl and B2, P and vitamin A and E content in juice and flavedo, bergamot can be considered a fruit with good vitamin content, and its juice a “superfood drink”; therefore, it is useful in bone disorders due to altered calcium absorption, teething disorders, collagen pathologies, muscular weakness or even neuromuscular hyper-excitability, cardiac heretism, iron deficiency anaemia, hepatic congestion and various diseases with impaired vessel permeability.

On a nutritional level, bergamot juice, with the weak acids contained in it (acetic, malic, citric, tartaric acids…), gives rise to the production of carbonates and carbonate alkaline (potassium and calcium above all), which, in addition to promoting intestinal calcium absorption, contributes to maintaining the alkaline reserve.

JUICE MIXING

Bergamot is available from October to March, so its juice can be drunk natural, diluted with a little water, or sweetened with an Earl Grey Tea. Further, it can be mixed with orange juice. Bergamot juice is a perfect Mediterranean drink, when added to prosecco or to sparkling water.

This mixing of the juice can be used to reduce headaches and muscle tension or as digestive drink. Further, if the juice is added to flavour yoghurt, a perfect mix can be obtained or, freezing it, a refreshing sorbet.