HEALTH BENEFITS OF DELICIOUS RAW OLIVE OIL

Living Tree Community Foods Raw Alive Organic Olive Oil is an outstanding product from a company that I simply adore.

I’ve written before extolling the virtues of Living Tree’s nut and coconut butters, and today I am telling you you’ve never tasted an olive oil live this!

Benefits Of Olive Oil:

Monounsaturated fatty acids have been shown to help control LDL (“bad”) cholesterol levels while raising HDH (“good”) levels.

Healthy fats in olive oil helps your body absorb nutrients form the other foods you eat

Good source of Vitamin E and phenols which may delay changes in cells that lead to aging

Helps keep metabolism active

Studies show olive oil may help prevent certain types of cancer

Types of Olive Oil

Cold Pressed: No heat is used to extract the oil. Heat breaks down the flavor

Extra Virgin: Has the most anti-oxidants and is the least processed; this comes from the first pressing of the olives

Unfiltered: Contains small particles of olives

Virgin: From the second pressing

Pure: The name is misleading, this one undergoes processing, such as filtering

Extra Light: Doesn’t mean “diet”, the name is a marketing concept used to sell this second-rate oil that has undergone considerable processing and has less or “light” flavor

Remember: Olive oil has 3 enemies: heat, light and oxygen. Thus, the less the olives are processed, the healthier the oil and the better the taste.

The beauty of Living Tree’s Olive Oil is that it is organic, unheated (created below 70 degrees F), unpressed (it is created in a state-of-the-art water-jacketed centrifuge) and is never exposed to heat higher than 70 degrees Farenheit. The result is olive oil that’s chock full of polyphenols and (antioxidants) to say nothing of the superior taste.

Honestly, I have never quite understood when people talk about the” flavor” of olive oil. To me, even expensive bottles have always tasted, well, just oily! Like, olive oil without balsamic? No way!

I’ve come to expect nothing less than excellence from Living Tree products, yet even I was surprised at this olive oil’s distinctive flavor and velvety texture. This oil stands alone- all you need to enhance any dish is a teaspoonful, some herbs and maybe a squeeze of lemon.

Living Tree packages all of its products beautifully and Alive Olive Oil is no exception. From the Vincent van Gogh Olive Grove painting featured on the label, to the cork bottle stopper, this is a first class bottle that has a luxurious aura. And, at only $14.99 for 25.4 fluid ounces, we can all feel like we are uncorking a bottle of fine wine every time we need a drizzle on our penne or a delicate dip for our focaccia.

The only problem: I am totally spoiled now. Like, I already know I’d better keep an extra bottle on hand at ALL TIMES because there is no way I will be satisfied with the run of the mill organic, extra virgin stuff I have always used, thinking it was the best thing out there. An olive oil snob! That’s me!

Check out www.livingtreecommunityfoods.com or try Whole Foods (where I got mine).

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