Sayyed Al-Ansari (RA) narrates that the Prophet (SAAS) said 

“Eat the olive oil and massage it over your bodies since it is a blessed tree.” 
[ Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah]
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Alhamdulillah for this wonderful food. It most certainly is a blessed tree as our Prophet (SAWS) told us since they can live up to hundreds of years and continously producing fruit.

The fruit and its oil has many properties benefitial to  internal health well as those for the skin care. I'm just going to outline a few of these which will inshaAllah help you in one way or another.





The fat! 
The fat of olives is more beneficial than you may think! About three quarters of the fat in olives comes is oleic acid, a type of monounsaturated fat (a good fat!). Now this talk of fat is going to bring us to the topic of cholesterol. There are two types of cholesterol, the good kind (HDL) which help prevent artery clogging and the bad kind (LDL) which sticks to artery walls like glue.

Obviously, you want to lower the level of LDL and raise the level on HDL that you take in. Well monounsaturated fats do just this and alhamdulillah are found in olives! : D

Other fats in olives include Omega-3, Omega-6 and more but in small quantities.

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Antioxidants
Olive oil  is a great source of beta carotene (pro-vitamin A) and tocopherol (vitamin E). The antioxidants in olive oil help prevent the oxidation of LDL cholesterol. The same vitamin E also helps prevent aging and metabolism.

How it can help skin
The antioxidants mentioned above (in olive oil) also help with renewing and repairing skin and it's seriously moisturing! But, don't think of it as putting oil on your skin, think of it as a moisturiser since it works just as great and is packed with plenty of nutrients : D. I've been using it as a moisturiser for many years now. Before that, I used to have itchy skin and no medicated soaps or creams were helping, but alhamdulillah since I started using olive oil, I don't have that problem anymore!

Exfoliator
If you google "How to make a body scrub", you'll find most of the results will involve olive oil. When it is teamed up with some brown sugar or sea salt along with some essential oils it makes a really effective scrub to wash off all dirt and dead skin. Not only is it cleansing but also benefitial to your skin : ).

Make up remover
One of my favourite uses of Olive oil! I love using it as a make up remover... for my eyes at least. I don't put make up on my face like cheeks etc so I can't say anything about that, but I can say something about using it on your eyes! I've been doing for quite a few years, however before this, I was using make up wipes which started to really irritate the skin around my eyes. The eye area is really sensitive so you need to real careful with what you use there. It's suited my skin, but if you're thinking of doing this, I suggest you try it out on a test area first.

NOTE: if you have acne, I don't recommend putting olive oil on your face. Sometimes it suits people, sometimes it doesn't. However, I will say, if you really want to try it, put it on a small test area first and see how that goes for a few days. If you get get breakouts, leave it inshaAllah.

Ear drops
If you get ear wax, definately try out the following to help get rid of it! Lay on your side with the ear with the ear wax facing up. Get someone to drop a couple of drops of olive oil in your ear. Keep still for about 5 - 10 mins while the oil soaks in. This will help the ear wax to come out much more easily. Finally use an ear bud to push out the ear wax. You migt be able to get a small bottle of olive oil with a dropper thing from the chemist or doctor. This little home remedy works really well alhamdulillah!

I really hope this short and concise description of olives, olive oil has helped you inshaAllah : )
This just stuff I've learnt and found benefitial to myself so I thought I'd share it xD

Here are some website which I found really easy to understand and informative, so if you want to learn more, here you go!

Olive Oil Source
Explore Crete - Olive oil
Amazing Olive oil
WHFoods
 


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Chleba link
03/26/2012 18:20

Appreciate your info

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