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Extravirgin Nutraceutico Olive Oil

What does Nutraceutical Extra Virgin Olive Oil mean?

The term Nutraceutical was coined in 1989 by American physician of Italian descent Stephen De Felice, combining the words “nutrition” and “pharmaceutical,” referring to the research field that studies foods that have a beneficial effect on human health. Extra virgin olive oil has been defined as the first natural nutraceutical in human history. Therefore, Nutraceutical extra virgin olive oil is excellent for health!

Nutraceutical foods are also referred to as functional foods, pharma foods, or food-pharmaceuticals. A nutraceutical is a “food-drug,” meaning a healthy food that associates nutritional components selected for characteristics such as high digestibility and hypoallergenicity, with the healing properties of natural active ingredients extracted from plants, proven and recognized for their efficacy.

It is well known, as it has often been reiterated that extra virgin olive oil has a high content of oleic acid. Similarly, scientific literature has attributed a series of benefits to oleic acid for the human body, including:Nutraceutical Extra Virgin Olive Oil

    • cholecystokinetic effect of bile drainage: also stimulating pancreatic secretion;
    • enterogastric effect: inhibitor of gastric acid secretion;
    • factor elongating the average blood coagulation time without however causing platelet aggregation;
    • modest preventive action against thrombosis onset;
    • due to its modest presence of arachidonic acid, preventive action in the genesis of prostaglandins that determine high immunological and inflammatory reactivity. This balances the effects of dietary fatty acids on the body’s defense mechanisms;
    • plastic compound, especially for the maturation of neonatal nerve fibers and the growth of long bones;
    • with its modest content of omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids, olive oil limits the damage they cause, particularly cellular aging;
    • ability to reduce accumulation in LDL (low-density lipoproteins commonly known as bad cholesterol) of linoleic acid, thereby reducing pro-inflammatory lipid mediators.

Additionally, there is a good level of digestibility and intestinal absorption of oleic acid compared to other fatty acids that are very abundant in vegetable oils used for food preparation (such as palm oil, rich in palmitic acid and widely used in industrial frying processes as well as for the preparation of baked goods). The digestibility of fatty acids is influenced by their hydrophobicity and the aqueous nature of the digestive environment. Only short-chain fatty acids have sufficient hydrophilicity to be absorbed like water-soluble nutrients. As the chain lengthens, hydrophobicity prevails, and intestinal absorption tends to become more difficult.

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BASIC OIL TASTING KIT

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The KIT is a sample pack of 2 bottles of extra virgin olive oil: Fruity and Balanced. You only pay €16.50 for shipping from Italy
Tasting kit of Puglian extra virgin olive oil from Salento, free of charge, complimentary
Tasting kit of Puglian extra virgin olive oil from Salento, free of charge, complimentary
BASIC OIL TASTING KIT

FREE ORDER

The KIT is a sample pack of 2 bottles of extra virgin olive oil: Fruity and Balanced. You only pay €16.50 for shipping from Italy