OLIVE OIL
Many health enthusiasts advocate the use of olive oil in the diet, and claim that it is not harmful to the body as other fats. Olive oil is great for the outside of the body, but not for the inside, as it is no different from any other refined oil. It is 100% fat. You will never find a more natural lotion than COLD PRESSED OLIVE OIL or FRESH ALOE VERA. It will do wonders for your skin. I have found that it helps with sore muscles, inflamed joints, arthritis, etc.
Regular olive oil will not work; it must be cold pressed. Heating destroys the oil. Most manufacturers use the cheapest and quickest way possible of processing the oil. The method most commonly used includes crushing the olive, mixing it with water, then heating it at 230 degrees F for 30 minutes. Following this, the crushed olives are run through a press that exerts ten to twenty tons of pressure per square inch. The result of this great pressure is the exposure of the oil to a great amount of heat and the destruction of the natural elements found in the oil of the olive.
The natural oil that is found in the olive has to be extracted mechanically without heat to produce cold pressed olive oil. If you are not sure that the olive oil you purchased is cold pressed, there is a simple way to find out. Put your bottle of olive oil in the refrigerator (not freezer) and let it sit overnight. If it turns cloudy it is cold pressed. When you rub cold pressed olive oil on your skin, within a half hour it will be absorbed into your body and your skin will not feel sticky or greasy. If you rub regular olive oil on your skin, it will still be there half an hour later. The heating process destroys the natural health producing properties of the olive oil.
While I am on the subject of oils, I want to share with you information on linseed oil, and cod liver oil. Linseed oil comes from the flax seed, which is a weed, not a grain. Some bakeries put ground flax seed in bread or cereals. Those who do this do not know food chemistry and its relationship to body chemistry. Flax contains cyanide. The leaves and seed chaff contain the cyaniogenetic clycoside, linamarin. An enzyme (linamarase) is present in the plant material which is capable of releasing cyanide from linamarin. Cases of poisoning after ingestion of linseed cake, meal, or flax seed chaff have been reported in all classes of livestock. Symptoms and lesions are those of cyanide poisoning(1).
What about cod liver oil? Leave it alone! It is from an animal source, and, for that reason, is of more harm than benefit. I believe God wants us to use only those things that will promote good health. Today we should benefit greatly if we were to use on our skin cold pressed olive oil instead of all the man-made greasy chemical creations.
(1) Jay Milton Hoffman, Ph.D, The Missing Link, Professional Press, Valley Center, 1984, pg. 239.