Name: Pure Extra Virgin Olive Oil from Bethlehem the Holy Land
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Price: $3.95
Description: The olive tree has been the subject of mythology, a sign of longevity, and a source for excellent wood. From the olives flows olive oil, one of the world's greatest and most historically coveted oils a precious commodity that was used historically for food, fuel, the anointing of kings, medicinal balm, soap manufacture, and polishing finely cut diamonds.
The olive and its oil also held a special position in In many religions and cultures throughout history, old wisdom stated that olive oil has in it a cure for seventy diseases and modern Medicine have confirmed the many benefits of the olive oil.
In the Holy Land when babies are first born, the midwife who delivers them spread olive oil all over the infant because of the oil's many health benefits, which include maintaining skin and muscle suppleness. Olive oil can be used to aid in lowering blood pressure and cholesterol levels, add shine to hair, soothe aching muscles, heal abrasions, as well as countless other remedies.
Olive oil is burned for lamp light (Matthew 25:1-9), babies are washed with it, squeaky hinges are lubricated with it, cosmetics are based on it, diamonds polished with it, kings anointed with it. Olive oil preserves fish, cheese, and wine for years. Boiled, it is one of the more deadly weapons of war and torture.
Soap made from olive oil makes you feel cleaner than chemically-made soap. As wine makes the heart glad, and bread strengthens the heart, so does oil make the face to shine, Psalm 104:15.
Is there any sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the Church: and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord," James 5:14.
Now, science has discovered some of the astounding properties of olive oil. It is loaded with vitamin E, and has no cholesterol. Mediterranean peoples, in part because they liberally use olive oil, have the lowest rate of heart disease among Western nations. This is because olive oil is rich in monosaturated "good" fat, and antioxidants, which help prevent hardening of the arteries. This keeps the good HDL cholesterol levels up, and the bad LDL cholesterol down. The vitamin E and polyphenols prevent oxidation of fatty acids, which reduces the risk of arteriosclerosis and some forms of cancer. A study showed that foods fried in olive oil retain more nutritional value than those fried in other kinds of oil. Another study showed that women who eat olive oil more than once a day have a 45% reduced risk of developing breast cancer. Olive oil helps to prevent the formation of gallstones.
Eating olive oil has been found to reduce the incidence of cancer, reduce blood pressure, aid digestion, and delay the aging process of our organs and tissues. Olive oil plays an important role in the development of our brain with its abundance of Vitamin E. Diets rich in olive oils are common to the world's longest-living populations.