What Vitamins and Minerals Do Green Olives Have?

Green olives are one of the oldest food on earth. Although they originated in Asia, olives were successfully introduced in Europe and the Americas. Olives are used to obtain olive oil but they are also consumed raw. Actually, olives are very bitter and hard after harvesting so a process of fermentation is needed to render them sweet and tender

What Vitamins and Minerals do Green Olives Have?

Green olives are not the food you should ingest if you are looking to increase rapidly your recommended daily intake of vitamins. According to the United States Department Nutrition database, green olives can give you the following vitamins:

Vitamin A ( 2% of your daily recommended value). Vitamin A is especially beneficial for proper eye functioning. Also, it has other many important body fictions.

Vitamin E (5% of your daily recommended value). Vitamin E is an antioxidant and as such it gives you many health benefits. It protects your cells against dangerous free radicals. This radical scavenging property of vitamin E protects you against a whole range of diseases such as cancer, heart disease, and degenerative diseases.

Sodium (18% of your daily value) Although sodium gets a bad reputation because of its hypertensive properties, you need sodium to lead a healthy life. Currently, 2400 mg (2.4 grams) of sodium per day is allowed in your diet

Copper (2% your daily recommended value). A very important mineral. It has many function within the body. It helps iron utilization. It is a co factor needed in many biochemical reactions of your metabolism that otherwise would not occur. It helps obtain energy and is involved in a myriad of enzymatic reactions.

Calcium (1% of the daily recommended value) Of course you will get more calcium from your milk but this little fruit can help you get calcium in your diet. Calcium is important for proper bone health and to prevent osteoporosis.

Iron and Magnesium (1% of their daily recommended value). Another two important metals (minerals) needed for good health.. Just think that iron is involved in the transportation of oxygen to your cells (iron is at the core of hemoglobin in blood)

What Other Nutrients do Green Olives have?

Let's examine the nutrient content of macro nutrient of green olives

Good fats: green olives are full of omegas 3 and omega 6 fatty acids.

Fiber: you can get up to 5% of your daily recommended intake of fiber with a serving of green olives. Fiber, as you know, is involved in lowering cholesterol levels in blood and for proper digestion and evacuation of food from the digestive tract.

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USDA NUTRIENT DATABASE: http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/