Olive - Leaves extract

Olive oil is pretty much liquid gold, but what about olive… leaf extract ? The benefits of olive leaf extract are thought to come from the polyphenol compound oleuropin, with anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antibacterial, and immune-stimulating properties. Olive leaf extract has been used since several centuries for its medicinal properties. Obtained from the leaves of Olea europaea, Olive leaf extract has potential anti-microbial properties. The leaves have been shown to have significant antimicrobial action, and are effective against many strong strains of fungi (which includes yeasts such as Candida), viruses and bacteria.

• Heart : Olive leaf extract seems to have a positive effect on factors that can influence heart disease risk
• Diabete : It could be that olive leaf extract slows the digestion of starches into simple sugars 
• Cognitive decline : studies suggest that olive leaf extract’s anti-inflammatory effects could help play a role in protecting the brain

Oleuropein is reported for antimicrobial and possibly antiviral, oleuropein is excellent to manage cold sores, skin chapping and wounds..An other component is oleanolic acid, used in Chinese medicine for the treatment of liver disorders, such as viral hepatitis, and has been shown to protect mice from various hepatotoxicants that cause oxidative and electrophilic stresses, including carbon tetrachloride, acetaminophen, bromobenzene, and thioacetamide.