Adult's Nourishment

Oleic acid is predominant in olive oil( this is not true in other olive oils). From a nutritional point of view this aspect is fundamental. Oleic acid protects the lipids of membrane from oxydation , so diminishing the risks of cancer ,heart attacks, arteriosclerosis, liver diseases, biliary lithiasis, and inflammations: it also decreases the pace of growing older.Recently it has been shown that olive oil is active also on fats and on blood cholesterol. It is good in order to prevent gastric and duodenal ulcer,it stimulates the exocrine secretion of pancreas, and the biliary secretion, the emptying of the gall bladder, it stimulates digestion and absorption of fats and food proteins, it activates the intestinal peristalsis, it promotes the excretion of biliary salts and cholesterol from the liver and their removal from intestine.

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