Olive Leaf Capsules, Best to Use a Complete Anti Aging Supplement By Valerie Rosenbaum At Isnare.com Ezine Articles

Before you buy olive leaf capsules, you might want to learn a little bit about some of the other beneficial plant extracts. In the right combination, compounds found in plants may reduce our risk of heart disease and cancer. The might even reduce the effects that time has on the cells of our body and lengthen our lifespan.

How long should people live? Some scientists suggest that 200 years or more is possible, barring accidental injuries or disease. Judging by the list of oldest living people maintained by Guinness Records since 1955, it looks like 122 is the longest life that a person has achieved, although the Limca Book of World Records recognizes a man from India that lived to be 138. But, the average life expectancy in the world today is less than half that at 66 years of age.

Genetics, obviously, plays a role in longevity, as do lifestyle factors and exposure to environmental toxins. But assuming that you don’t smoke, drink in moderation, exercise regularly and follow a healthy diet, living to be 100+ may be a distinct possibility. Olive leaf capsules and other plant extracts may help.

The top two killers in industrialized societies are cancer and heart disease. The most common form of heart disease in the elderly is atherosclerosis, sometimes called hardening of the arteries. Blood cells and fatty plaques stick to each other and build up on the walls of the arteries leading to the heart. Eventually, the arterial walls become less flexible. The heart has to work harder, because it is receiving less blood. Blood pressure rises. Clots in the arteries can occur, causing heart attacks and stroke.

Major risk factors for heart disease include high triglycerides, high LDL cholesterol, low HDL cholesterol and high blood pressure. Olive leaf capsules help reduce cholesterol and blood pressure. High doses are sometimes recommended to achieve these results, but for maintenance 50mg per day is enough, if it is combined with other beneficial plant extracts and essential nutrients.

Chronically low blood levels of vitamin D contribute to heart disease and cancer. Low levels of vitamins A, C and E are associated with wrinkles, sagging and other outward signs of age. Low levels of antioxidants in the blood stream allow free radicals to mutate or degenerate cellular DNA, which can cause cancer or the death of the cell. So, obviously, you need lots of antioxidants every day, if you want to live a long healthy life.

Olive leaf capsules provide a variety of antioxidants. Common vitamins like A, C and E are antioxidants, as well. The many roles of vitamin D are still being investigated, but deficiencies are on the rise, as people avoid overexposure to sunlight and rarely get enough through diet, alone. Lutein, bilberry, L-carnosine, coenzyme Q10, resveratrol, grape seed and green tea extracts are all potent antioxidants.

Why take single-ingredient olive leaf capsules when there is so much more that you could be getting? I take a multi-nutritional supplement that includes it, along with all of the other nutrients mentioned here. It seems to me to be the best thing that I can do for my health.

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