The wonders of olive oil

Prof. dr. Hasan Shemsi Pasha

Allah Almighty has not only blessed the olive oil, but the tree as a whole – it is a blessed tree… Also the Prophet s.a.v.s. said: "Rely on his oil and anoint him, for it is a blessed tree ”.

Two nice things came up, which proved two other miracles of the Prophet s.a.v.s.: "Eat olives and smear with its fat, for it is a blessed tree ”. Pejgamberi s.a.v.s. invited mankind to use the olive as much as possible.
How to use it and how to request its use, when we are dealing with a pasty fat and when, in our contemporary time, fat is being fought by doctors and when it is not preferred at all during cooking?!

Until the year 1985 there was no advice from European doctors, nor of the American ones, for reference to the use of olive oil. Even all previous research advised to get away from this fat as much as possible, because it 'raises' cholesterol and 'causes' disease in the arteries of the heart. It was thought to significantly raise blood cholesterol and fat!

This guide continued until dr. Gerondi, in a study of his in 1985, argued that olive oil not only does not raise cholesterol, but he lowers it. Bile, research about this oil went even further, when other useful phenomena of this oil were discovered. now, every day more and more the secrets of this oil are being revealed, which comes from the blessed tree.

And how not to be a blessed tree, when Allah, the Exalted, has sworn to her and to her land?! We will not bring up the debates of the commentators of the Qur'an. It is enough for us to say Allah, the Exalted, who says: "By the fig and the olive, I saw Mount Sinai, and I saw this safe city(Mecca). really, We created man in the most perfect form. ” (Koran, and Tin: 1-4)

How can this tree not be blessed when Allah the Exalted likened it to His light, for, with the light that its oil emits? He says in the Qur'an: "Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. His light resembles that of a niche, in which a lamp is located. The lamp is a glass (crystals), while the glass is almost a shining star. it (bulbs) lit by the blessed olive tree, neither east nor west, while its oil shines even without being touched by fire. Light above light. Allah guides to His light whomever He wills and sets examples for people. Allah is Aware of everything. ” (Koran, and Nur: 35)

Also the Prophet s.a.v.s. He said, "Rely on his oil and anoint him.", for it is a blessed tree ”.

Blessed tree and blessed oil, but most of mankind were ignorant. Olive oil was a heavenly gift to mankind. Earlier generations were well aware of its benefits and, finally, also recognized contemporary medicine. This information came to us from the publication of a text in the magazine "Dermatol Clin", which is one of the most prestigious scientific journals, who talked about skin diseases, in the April issue of the year 2009 with title: “Protector Oil As A Fundamental Nutritional Component And Skin Virgin Olive” – "Olive oil protection as a basic element of food and skin." Has not this meaning been said since 1400 years from the Prophet s.a.v.s.?

"Eat olive oil!”

Very late we learned that olive oil is the protector of the diseases of the time: of blood clotting, delays arterial sclerosis, as well as proved the opposite of the tales that showed that olive oil raises blood cholesterol. Contemporary science has proven the opposite, that olive oil is the main enemy of cholesterol. He even fights it in every place where it is found in the human body.

The journal Nurition Metabolism and Cardiovascular was published in May 2010 summary of the report that emerged from the second international conference, held in the city of Cordoba (Spain), about the olive oil in which the fifty world-renowned professors participated, about heart disease and cancer.

These researchers concluded that olive oil should be part of our diet permanently. It helps the body to be more vital and healthier, it prevents diseases caused through the arteries, enlivens and helps the heart where it needs it. Ai preventalon, also, diabetes, of cancer etc..

We have had another wide publication in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, in February of the year 2010. Recent scientific research has focused on the systematization of phenols found in olive oil.. It plays a major physiological role in blood fat and is destructive to toxins and microbes that infect the body. Olive also plays the role of cleansing the blood, is an antibiotic that kills germs and at the same time preserves bone health.

For, this rich nutrient has the quality to improve any obstruction that appears to the arteries of the heart, of those that cause fat rise and blood pressure, while on the other hand it reduces the shaping of the artery liner, as well as destroys toxins and density (coagulation) of blood.

Olive oil protects against heart disease

Truth be told, two Americans rejoiced in the fact that the inhabitants of the Mediterranean Sea for their food, when they learned that coronary heart disease occurs least frequently in Italy, Spain and the inhabitants around the Mediterranean Sea, compared to the inhabitants and states that are in northern Europe and the states of America. It has occurred to them that, in these places, heart disease and some cancers are rare as a result of using olive oil in every dish. This area uses olive oil from 25-50 grams every day.

The Cardiovasc Pharmcol Journal published in December 2009 an article that talked about the use of olive oil in Mediterranean countries and its benefits in some parts of the body, especially in the heart. This article shows how rare heart disease is in southern Europe, namely in Mediterranean areas although we have signs of rising of this disease worldwide. This was confirmed by the article published in the magazine "Maturitas" in January 2011, where it is said that we are dealing with opposite actions for all those who use olive oil. This oil fights blood clotting in general and the heart in particular.

We also have the study done by "Epicuor Study", in which they are taken into treatment 29689 game. To all those women who had used olive oil and its leaves, blood clotting had dropped to 44%. This study has proven that olive oil does not lower cholesterol until it is removed, but raises it to the proper level.

Olive oil and Alzheimer’s disease

Not only that, for, study says olive oil is the best protector of clearing memory and Alzheimer's disease. This study was presented in the journal Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Disease on 2010, where it is said that olive oil is rich in terrozole hydroxides that act on the brain. him, who due to age faces the natural degradation of Alzheimer’s disease, the use of this oil prevents the progression of this disease.

Olive oil and cancer

Nutr Cancer Magazine of the Year 2009 has published an article in which it convincingly proves that those who were affected by stomach and breast cancer in women and who used olive oil had significant improvements. This study was also published in Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Disease., more 2010, where it is said that olive oil significantly affects even those who are affected by cancer. They advise that this oil be used from an early age.

Olive oil in old age

Recent studies have shown that daily consumption of olive oil reduces DNA damage in older women.. To get this result women were asked to use approx 50 grams of olive oil daily, for a period of seven weeks.

Rickets and olive oil

From the study published in February 2011 Osteoporos Int explains that mixing phenols in olive oil affects rickets (bone disease). Researchers think that olive oil plays a very beneficial role for women who are in the menopausal age.

"And paint with it!”

The Prophet of mankind, in the rest of the hadith, advised us saying: "Eat olive oil and anoint yourself with it!"Scientists also dealt with the effect of olive oil on the skin and discovered great benefits there.. Clin Dermatol Magazine, In April 2009, published a long article, in which he explained the benefits of olive oil on the skin.

Olive oil soothes baby skin

Magazine "Pediatr Dermatol", In April 2008, has published the benefits of using olive oil for the skin of newborns and especially for those who were born prematurely. It is preferable to use olive oil because the person is healthier than when not using it.

Olive oil as a protector of melanoma

It has been scientifically proven that smearing with olive oil protects against skin cancer (melanomës). This is preferred after swimming and sunbathing. This data was published in April 2008, in the International Journal of Cancer.

Use olive oil in the dish

Many ask which of the following oils is best for cooking. After much scientific research it has been proven that the blessed oil which was advised by the Prophet s.a.v.s. is definitely the best oil to use. The latest research done by scientists, who published their study in the Journal of Medicinal Food, in March 2011, says the use of olive oil in dishes helps in the percentage of insulin in healthy women.

Another research, published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition on 2009, says obesity risks appearing more in those who use less sunflower oil, than to those who use olive oil normally! Researchers dare to say that the rate of burning of olive oil is higher than the burning of other oils.

Do we benefit from the leaves of the olive tree?

Allah Almighty has not only blessed the olive oil, but the tree as a whole - it is a blessed tree.

Contemporary science has discovered that here too we benefit. In the International Journal of Cancer, of the year 2010, A study has been published according to which anti-cancer properties have been found in the leaves of the olive tree. (melanomës). A similar study was published in the journal Food Chem Toxicol, in year 2011, which reported on the potential protective role of olive leaves against stress, sugar, artery cancer and sclerosis and their cure. There is no doubt that these data need further study.

After all this abundant research, that have been published to us about olive oil in recent years, we wish to be blessed all those who do not deprive themselves of the bounties of this blessed tree. Blessed are all those who believe what the Holy Qur'an and the Sunnah of the chosen Prophet s.a.v.s said. for this blessed tree.

(The author is a heart disease adviser at King Fehd Military Hospital in Jeddah.)
Taken from Hira magazine, No:28/2012
translated and adapted by M. J.