Want to be healthier? Replace your cooking oil with olive oil.

Surely you've heard it often, have not you? So far, olive oil is often regarded as the healthiest oil that has more benefits. No wonder the price is different from the usual cooking oil.
The assumption is not wrong. In terms of medical, olive oil may be efficacious overcome and prevent certain diseases.

The fat content contained in 100 grams of olive oil is 100 grams. Although high in fat, olive oil remains healthy because only 14 percent of the fat is saturated fat type. The rest are unsaturated fats that are considered healthy. In addition, olive oil also contains vitamin E, vitamin K, omega-3 and omega-6.

Although healthy, you still have to limit your intake because the calories per 100 grams is 885 kilocalories. Use olive oil wisely so you can get good benefits. Here are the various benefits of olive oil for health.

• High cholesterol. Benefits of olive oil that is often known to the public is to lower cholesterol. Cholesterol levels may decrease if you consume olive oil. This oil contains a mixture of antioxidants that can lower bad cholesterol (LDL), but still maintain good cholesterol (HDL) in your body. If you want to try lowering cholesterol using olive oil, you can eat two tablespoons of olive oil every day. You can mix it with salad.

• Heart disease. Your risk of heart disease may decrease if you consume olive oil. Not only that, it seems like eating four tablespoons of olive oil every day can also prevent heart attacks.

• High blood pressure. It seems that extra virgin olive oil can help lower blood pressure in people who have high blood pressure.

• Breast cancer. For women, it is advisable to consume olive oil because it seems this oil can reduce the risk of breast cancer.

• Constipation. It seems like eating 30ml of olive oil effectively relieves constipation.

Olive oil is also often used to clean the ears and overcome ear infections. But odds are, olive oil is not effective to cope with the condition.

In addition to the conditions mentioned above, further research is needed to determine the benefits of olive oil in handling conditions such as:

• Diabetes.
• Migraine.
• Ovarian cancer.
• Psoriasis.
• Fungal infections.
• Eczema.
• Osteoarthritis.
• Rheumatoid arthritis.
• Ringworm.

Watch the use of olive oil for you diabetics, pregnant and lactating mothers, and who want to undergo surgery. Should avoid olive oil if you belong to these circles.