Olive oil Prevents Skin Cancer

Posted on October 28, 2009 by admin

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Olive oil is known as best natural skin moisturizers. Scientists nowadays are on focus for its anti-cancer properties and its results, which is good for the skin.

Preventing Skin Cancer – Early Greeks uses olive oil when taking a bath, and the skincare benefits it has has been studied by experts today. Now, it has been discovered that there is at least 4 kinds of antioxidants. Antioxidants are the one that prevents the destructive free radicals that causes skin aging and skin cancer. There has been also a test using rats and let them drink extra virgin olive oil has a smaller risk from having a skin cancer even they get exposed from UV light.
Also,after Olive oil has been applied to skin of the rats after being exposed by UV rays, it lessens the skin cancer counts. So now drinking or applying it prevents any tumors from growing.

Moisturizing Properties – Aside from skin cancer prevention it has, Olive oil has has skin moisturizing properties. Olives has compounds they call as linoleic acid, a component from the skin that prevents the fluid from evaporating. Linoleic acid deficiency cause us to loss a lot of fluids in our body that results to dry skin.