Organic Olive Leaf Tea
Organic Olive Leaf Tea
Olive leaf tea is special because it has no caffeine. It has a mild flavor and offers various health benefits. This tea is made from young, organic green olive leaves that are quickly dried to keep their good properties. The leaves are washed, gently dried at low heat, crushed, and packaged by hand.
In terms of taste, it is not bitter and tastes somewhat like artichoke hearts. Olive tea is pleasant to drink and can be enjoyed one to two cups daily for a month to see health benefits. You can sweeten it or mix it with other teas, like citrus, for extra flavor.
Olive leaf tea is mellow and soft with a multitude of health benefits. It packs the antioxidant punch of a heavyweight boasting double the antioxidants of green tea. This most beneficial tea is hand-crafted and small-batched from young, organic olive leaves quickly dried to maintain their health-inducing properties.
1. Anti-bacterial, anti-viral, and anti-fungal. Oleuropein is the active ingredient in olive leaves and the reason why the olive leaf helps fight off the bad bacteria and protect the body’s beneficial bacteria. Microbes that can cause the flu and other upper respiratory infections are destroyed by this chief compound.
2. Helps maintain a healthy heart. Olive leaf supports healthy heart functioning helping with everything from arrhythmia to lowering blood pressure by relaxing blood vessels and preventing the build-up of plaque on the arterial walls.
3. Non-caffeinated source of energy – or sleep aid?
4. Anti-inflammatory. Olive leaf is antioxidant rich (even higher than green tea), fighting against free radicals that develop in the body. Plant antioxidants provide the body with unbelievable health benefits, including helping to reduce the risk of many degenerative and chronic illnesses.
5. Builds bone. Oleuropein is believed to also help the body increase the rate of osteoblasts, which are the cells responsible for bone growth. This helps us keep our bone mass as we age, which is especially important for women.
6. Fat burner. Oleuropein is also shown to increase the body’s level of thermogenin, a substance that allows our bodies to burn fat more easily. It also has shown to increase the thyroid hormone and adrenaline and helps improve digestion.
7. Cancer prevention. As you can see from the above, numerous health benefits relate to the protection of our cells. Oleuropein is also an especially good source of the anti-cancer compounds, apigenin and luteolin. It has actually been shown to have protective capabilities against breast cancer.
8. Regulates blood sugar. In laboratory testing, olive leaf has helped lower blood sugar levels with an ability to increase insulin sensitivity.
9. Maintain healthy cholesterol levels. Oleuropein has a beneficial effect on the lipoprotein levels in the body and helps prevent the oxidation of our bad LDL cholesterol, supporting healthy heart functioning.
10. Supports immune function. Olive leaf also has energy and immune system boosting
qualities greatly increase the body’s natural ability to resist illness which prevents you from getting sick in the first place. Some claim once they started drinking it, they no longer experience seasonal allergy discomfort or suffering.
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