Olive Leaf Health Benefits

The value of olive oil for the body is very well known but not so much the value of olive leaf. The Mediterranean diet has immortalised olive oil as an oil conducive to great health. Recent studies however, are revealing that olive leaves are possibly even more effective at keeping the body healthy than olive oil.
 
Although the use of olive leaf has been going on for over three millennium, it is only in the last 10 years that its popularity has really taken off. Traditionally, olive leaf is used as an antioxidant to offer general good health and fitness. The leaves are in most cases sourced from the Manzanillo and Mission Olive trees.

By creating an extract of olive leaf, it has been possible to produce several health benefits, namely to fight infection, deal with chronic fatigue, control cholesterol levels and produce more energy in the body.
 
Even more interesting perhaps are its tendencies to battle against viruses like herpes, shingles and flu by building up the body’s immune system. Apart from the antioxidants that olive leaf possesses, there is also oleuropein which is an important agent that is credited with offering great benefits to overall health.
 
Olive leaf is also the ’parent’ of many products such as soap, lotions, extracts and herbal tea, containing even more antioxidants than the ever popular green tea. As a soap it clears the skin and as a lotion it offers excellent moisturising benefits.

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