The olive tree is one of the blessed trees mentioned in the Holy Quran. Allaah says in Surat Al-Tin: “The figs and the olives are two years old.” It is one of the long-lasting fruit trees that live for hundreds of years, which grow into a family of oily.
It has many benefits, from giving a natural view of nature, helping to spread oxygen and purifying the air in the place where it is grown, and we can sit under it. It is a large to medium sized tree, evergreen and long-lived, strong trunk and stable roots.
Its fruits (olive), is considered an integrated food; through its time, we extract olive oil with great benefits and useful to humans. And its fruits are two colors: (green olives, black olives).
And we benefit from the olives by eating in meals, because of its many benefits that benefit the health of human,
Such as :
1. Eating olives helps to avoid cardiovascular disease, and fight atherosclerosis.
2. Olive contains vitamin J and polyphenols, which helps in the treatment of asthma and arthritis.
3. Vitamin E in olive oil with monounsaturated fats helps prevent and prevent colon cancer.
4. Eating black olives gives energy to the body; it contains a high proportion of iron, and also strengthens the immune system.
Olive oil contains important vitamins such as: (Vitamin A, K, D, E), and has several benefits, including:
1. Olive oil contains oleic acid, which in turn protects the body from heart disease.
2. Eating olive oil protects the retina.
3. Enhances digestion of the digestive system because of high fiber content.
4. Olive oil helps to treat gastritis and ulcer cases.
5. Works to protect, moisturize and nourish the skin.
6. Containing it helps reduce colon cancer.
7. It regulates cholesterol in the blood.
8. Maintains hair growth and prevents fall, and gives it moisturizing, suppleness and strength.
9. Helps reduce the chances of gallstones.
10. It also protects olive oil from the skin from several skin diseases: as a disease of psoriasis and cracks the skin, and protects them from skin cancer. It also helps moisturize dry skin.
11. We can overcome the problem of cracking the lips by putting the oil on them, which gives them moisturizing.
12. Drinking olive oil is a treatment for hemorrhoids.