Oil and Health
Oil Characteristics
Most
interesting Extra virgin olie oil properties can be indexed in three points:

The adjective "virgin" which qualified extra virgin olive oil is qualified means that it is extracted from the olive by purely mechanical means and it is made from the olive fruit using a "soft technology"
Oil is rich of a wide variety of compounds that cause very significant requirements in terms of biological quality.Nutritional Properties the high content of antioxidants in extra virgin olive oils.Sensorial Properties determined by a combination of three perceptual stimuli:- fruity
- bitter
- spicy
that determine a complex and unique sensory profile.

There is no extra virgin olive oil equal to another, either in terms of sensory profile, or content of antioxidants and other nutrients.
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Olive oil is the most suitable fat in childhood feeding thanks to its fatty acid composition, that makes it very close to the composition of breast milk fat.
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Olive oil by The antioxidant 'DHPEA-EDA' is able to protect the red blood cells from damage by free radicals, a risk that are particularly vulnerable because of oxygen vehicles.
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The oleocanthal in olive oil, responsible of the tickle in throat that occurs when you assume it, has an anti-inflammatory similar to 'ibuprofen (pharmacological molecule used in the treatment of inflammatory processes). Although two chemically different molecules they inhibit cyclooxygenase COX-1, COX-2 chief enzyme in the formation of inflammatory molecules.
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A study conducted in Frankfurt, has shown neuroprotective properties of hydroxytyrosol content in virgin olive oil which revealed a higher resistance of nerve cells to oxidative stress.
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