gastroprotective (protects digestive system)
neuroprotective (protects central nervous system)
antimicrobial (inhibits microorganism growth)
anticancer (reduces risk of cancer)
anti-inflammatory (reduces risk of inflammation)
antinociceptive (reduces pain stimuli)
antioxidant (prevents oxidation or cell damage)
I was trying to think of herbal remedies that people don't hear about very often and I came up with the olive leaf.
Perhaps this has something to do with the fact that it is almost the olive harvest here in the middle east, but I can't say for certain.
All though the olives on the tree right in front of my house are looking nice and juicy, just about ready to be picked.
Last year was actually the first time that I actually pickled some, they came out pretty good, but this year they are going to be even better because I got some really good tips from friends on how to do it better.
Yes back to the olive leaf.
A bunch of years ago I made an alcohol extract for my mother to help her with her sugar levels.
Just for your general knowledge olive leaf extract is made using 90% alcohol.
The extract that I had made for my mother back then was able to keep her blood sugar balanced for a while and the effects were very noticable in her blood work.
The list of health benefits that I have written at the top of this post is from a post that i read in healthline.com here is the link if you would like to go through it yourself.
https://www.healthline.com/health/olive-leaf-extract
After reading an additional article I find the research pointing to the effects of olive leaf on heart health, inflammation, blood sugar levels and antimicrobials has the most amount of scientific backing.
But it is very important to realise that the other health claims for olive leaf are very likely true as well just that there have not been documented clinical research done on them.
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