Digestive System


Olives stimulate the digestive process, making them ideal for stimulating the appetite. They also constitute a natural appetizer that increases production of gastric juices and facilitates digestion. The ingestion of olives and olive oil also facilitates the emptying of the gallbladder, making it useful in diseases that affect this organ of the digestive system. In this respect, there is nothing better than eating a bowl of olives before a meal, or adding olive oil.


Vitamins & Minerals


Olives are full of vitamins and minerals. They contain significant amounts of provitamin A (carotene) and vitamins B and E. In terms of minerals, calcium is the most abundant, but they also have considerable amounts of potassium, iron and phosphorus.


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