Olives and Olive Oil- Food for the Blood

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 About Olive trees:

• Olive trees grow best in Mediterranean-like climates such as Spain.
• Ideal temperatures range between 12°C and 20°C (53°F to 86°F).
• They need at least 6 hours of sunlight daily, ideally 8+ hours.
• Olive trees grow best on terrains with 5% to 15% slopes.
• Suitable soils are sandy-loamy, particularly limestone types.
• They can be grown in California, Texas and Arizona successfully.

The Human Body and the Need for Fat.

We should not forget that the human machine needs a lubricant to perform its daily task.  We should have this constantly in mind and should use a little vegetable oil in nearly all foods. Olive oil is the best.  {1SC16: 6.3}  

  We should not forget that the human machine needs a lubricant to perform its daily task. Vegetarians should have this constantly in mind and should use a little vegetable oil in nearly all foods. Olive oil is the best.  {1SC16: 6.3}  

We should also remember what the Lord says in:

Leviticus 3:16, 17 "And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: [it is] the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat [is] the LORD'S.   [It shall be] a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood. "

From the pen of E.G. White:

Olives and Olive Oil

614. When properly prepared, olives, like nuts, supply the place of butter and flesh meats. The oil, as eaten in the olive, is far preferable to animal oil or fat. It serves as a laxative. Its use will be found beneficial to consumptives, and it is healing to an inflamed, irritated stomach.—The Ministry of Healing, 298, 1905 { CD 359.4} 

615. Olives may be so prepared as to be eaten with good results at every meal. The advantages sought by the use of butter may be obtained by the eating of properly prepared olives. The oil in the olives relieves constipation; and for consumptives, and for those who have inflamed, irritated stomachs, it is better than any drug. As a food it is better than any oil coming secondhand from animals.—Testimonies for the Church 7:134, 1902 { CD 359.5} 

The oil in olives is a remedy for constipation and kidney diseases.—Letter 14, 1901 { CD 360.1} 

We should also keep in mind that recent studies indicate that seed oils are not good for the human body and cause inflammation.  This is true of margarines and oils like canola, soy, corn, peanut oils AND  EVEN oils like sunflower etc. It is better to use only unprocessed and cold pressed oils such as coconut oil, olive oil and avocado oil.   First cold pressed is even better!

An Important Branch of Education from the pen of E.G. White

It is a religious duty for those who cook to learn how to prepare healthful food in different ways, so that it may be eaten with enjoyment. Mothers should teach their children how to cook. What branch of the education of a young lady can be so important as this? The eating has to do with the life. Scanty, impoverished, ill-cooked food is constantly depraving the blood, by weakening the blood-making organs. It is highly essential that the art of cookery be considered one of the most important branches of education. There are but few good cooks. Young ladies consider that it is stooping to a menial office to become a cook. This is not the case. They do not view the subject from a right stand-point. Knowledge of how to prepare food healthfully, especially bread, is no mean science.... { CD 260.3} 

How to use olive Oil:

Potato Salad

Vegetable Salads

Dip a little on bread

Add little to soups and vegetables

•       It is better not to cook with it 
•       Put a little in your soup or vegetables after it is cooked