Olive oil is the best
vegetable oil for our health
Olive oil is the vegetable oil extracted from the olives.
Olive oil is considered the best vegetable oil for our health because it contains fats that are unsaturated acids, therefore acids that lower the bad cholesterol in our blood.
Here is the list of the fatty acids that compose the olive oil are:
Oleic = 80%
Palmitic = 10-20 %
Linoleic = 5-10%
Estearic = 2-4%
Arachidic = 0,3-2%
Hexadecenoic = 0.1-02 %
Miristic 0.06 -0.07%
The Mediterranic countries are the major producers of olive oil.
Portugal is the country that has the best olive oil because Portugal is the county in Europe that has the largest number of sun-hours during the year, and the sun is very good for the ripping of the olives, originating excellent olive oil.