olive oil collection

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The olive cultivation is considered to be quite easy. The olive tree does not demand special care and the most difficult process is the collection of the olives. The tree is very resiliant and it multiplies itself easily. The hardest thing for its cultivation is the cutting of the branches. In this way the offspring are renewed and the production augments.

In Creta the elderly people did not cut the branches annually. Year to year though they noticed that the trees that had broken branches due to snowfall had greater production that the others. From that time and afterwards they started to cut the branches every year.

Gastrointestinal System

In this case the olive oil has protective action. Recent research proves that its consumption leads to the decrease of stomach cancer. In the enteron it increases the absorption of calcium and contributes in the protection of women against osteoporosis.

For the liver the olive oil consumption is also very important as it contributes in the normal function of hepatic cells, it diminishes the production of low density cholesterol (LDL) and at the same time it augments the production of high density cholesterol (HDL).

In cases of gastric ulcer olive oil is still very beneficial as it decreases the excretion of gastric acid.