Monday, October 10, 2011

Repellent potency Olive Leaf Extract Obesity



Who does not know the properties of olive oil for health, but perhaps only a few people know that the leaf extract of this plant is also efficacious. Some literur mentioned that olive leaf bladder efficacious as a medicine, hypertension, and fighting various fungi, viruses and bacteria.

 

Australian researchers recently found that a cup of tea enriched with olive leaf extract could be a new tool to combat obesity.

Dr Lindsay Brown, as leader of the research from the University of Southern Queensland suggests, contain large amounts of oleuropein phytochemicals contained in olive leaf extract can reduce fat deposits. Yet this new tested in mice.



According to him, oleuropein has antioxidant content of more than twice as many as green tea and is believed highly potent lowering of blood pressure, prevent flu and treat cardiovascular problems.

In the study, mice fed high-fat, high in carbohydrates for eight weeks until they develop signs of metabolic syndrome (eg, abdominal fat and glucose intolerance). After the rats were then given a coffee enriched with olive leaf extract for eight weeks and the results showed precisely the opposite phenomenon.

Dr. Brown says, olive leaf extract causes weight loss because of the content of anti-inflammatory compounds. "What we found was that rats fed olive leaves look healthy. Adverse effects of foods high in fat and high in carbohydrates can cause inflammation of the heart did not even look," he explained.

According to Brown, this research suggests that olive leaf extract naturally effective way to lose weight and can be a simple way to control obesity, blood pressure and prevent diabetes.


sources:
kompas.com

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